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Mr. Norman Lamont : Estimates are available for single people aged 65 and over and married couples in which one or both members are aged 65 and over. In 1988-89, 2.6 million of these tax units are liable to income tax, approximately one third of all aged tax units. This estimate is based on a projection of the 1985-86 survey of personal incomes and is therefore provisional.
Secret Services (Expenditure)
Mr. Allen : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the expenditure on the secret services vote for each previous year for which figures are available taking 1988-89 as 100.
Mr. Norman Lamont : Outturn figures are published in the annual appropriation accounts. The figures for the secret service vote for the last five years in the form requested are :