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Mr. Soley
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the expenditure on mortgage interest tax relief for the calendar year 1991.
Mr. Maude
Tax relief is calculated for the fiscal year. Provisional estimates of the cost of mortgage interest tax relief for 1990–91 and 1991–92 are £7·7 billion, and £6·1 billion respectively.