§ Mr. Shoreasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the estimated cost of the child allowance for Income Tax and Surtax, respectively, for 1965–66; and what would be the cost if the allowance were limited to the second and subsequent children in each family, or to the first three children in each family, respectively.
§ Mr. MacDermotThe answer to the first part of the Question is £500 million and £5 million, respectively, and to the second part £225 million and £2 million or £485 million and £4¾ million, respectively.
§ Mr. Shoreasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many persons with annual incomes in each of the ranges £500 or less, £501 to £750, £751 to £1,000, £1,001 to £1,500, £1,501 to £2,000, and over £2,000 claimed child allowance in the latest year for which information is available and, in each income range, for how many children.
§ Mr. MacDermotThe figures in the table below relate to 1962–63. The apparent discrepancies between the totals and the sums of the components are due to rounding.