§ Mr. Marksasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what amount of income tax will a married man who has two children aged between seven and eleven years and who earns £20 a week pay when the proposed reduction in income tax comes into effect.
§ Mr. Patrick Jenkin£1 8s. 8d. a week, on the assumption that family allowance
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PUBLIC EXPENDITURE BY PROGRAMME, 1969–70 to 1971–72 1969–70 Provisional Outturn 1970–71 Estimate* £ million 1971–72 Estimate (Cmnd. 4515) At 1970 Survey Prices £ £ £ Defence and external relations 1. Defence Budget … … … … … … 2,399 2,382 2,327 2. Other military defence … … … … … 91 72 51 3. Overseas aid … … … … … … 202 208 213 4. Other overseas services … … … … … 127 129 129 Commerce and industry 5. Agriculture (excluding price guarantees) … … 240 273 286 6. Research Councils, etc. … … … … … 101 110 115 7. Technology and industry: Excluding investment grants … … … … 593 657 575 Investment grants … … … … … 574 549 576 Nationalised industries 8. Nationalised industries capital expenditure … … 1,453 1,598 1,500 Transport and miscellaneous local services 9. Roads and transport … … … … … 892 971 1,024 10. Housing (excluding subsidies) … … … … 807 865 838 11. Miscellaneous local services … … … … 796 827 859 12. Law and order … … … … … … 633 688 729 13. Arts … … … … … … … 19 21 25 Social services 14. Education … … … … … … 2,448 2,520 2,647 15. Health and welfare … … … … … 1,938 2,018 2,059 16. Social security … … … … … … 3,546 † 3,750 3,974 Common services 17. Financial administration … … … … 239 234 230 18. Common services … … … … … 175 208 221 19 Miscellaneous services … … … … … 68 100 91 20. Northern Ireland … … … … … … 442 464 492 21. Debt interest … … … … … … 2,178 2,121 2,020 22. Agriculture: price guarantees … … … 398 556 565 23. Housing subsidies … … … … … … 24. Contingency reserve … … … … … 25. Relative price effect and other adjustments … … 891 704 850 At 1970–71 outturn prices TOTAL … … … … … 21,250 22,025 22,396 * The figures for individual programmes are those shown in "Public Expenditure 1968–69 to 1973–74" (Cmnd. 4234) revalued to 1970 Survey prices. The total is consistent with that published in the "Financial Statement and Budget Report 1970–71" (HC 214); the difference from the Cmnd. 4234 total is included in line 25 "Relative price effect and other adjustments." A further revision will be given in the next annual White Paper on public expenditure. † At outturn prices. for one child is drawn in addition to the weekly pay.