asked the Minister for Finance the most recent 1988 estimate of the cost to the Exchequer of the following income tax allowances (1) blind person, (2) incapacitated person, (3) rent allowance, and (4) incapacitated child.
Written Answers. - Income Tax Allowances.
47.
The following table sets out the information requested in so far as it is available. The relevant statistics available are in respect of the income tax year 1988-89 except where otherwise indicated.
Estimated full year to the Exchequer
|
Allowance or relief |
1988-89 |
|
£m |
|
|
Blind person |
0.2 |
|
Employed person taking care of incapacitated individual |
0.1 |
|
Rent paid in private tenancies |
0.8 (1987-88) |
|
Incapacitated child |
1.9 |