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Visual Impairment: Tax Allowances

Asked by Mr Gregory CampbellDemocratic Unionist PartyTreasuryTabled Answered 10 June 2025UIN 57618

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people claimed the Blind Person's Allowance in the 2023-24 financial year.

Answered by James Murray

The most recent estimates of the number of individuals claiming the Blind Person’s Allowance are published as part of HMRC’s statistics publication ‘Tax Reliefs Statistics’ within the file ‘Estimated cost of non-structural tax reliefs (December 2024)’ under the IT tab:

Non-structural tax reliefs - GOV.UK

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6749e1adebabe47136b3a295/non_structural_cost_estimates_december_2024.ods

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