To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his latest estimate is of the cost of capital gains tax taper relief for 2007-08; and if he will make a statement. (130105)

Estimates of the cost of capital gains tax taper relief for 2005-06 and 2006-07 were published in Table A3.1 of the 2007 ‘Financial Statement and Budget Report’. Estimates for later years are not available.