§ Mrs. Chalkerasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what amount of home responsibility payment could be made if the married man's tax allowance were withdrawn and if this were paid as weekly cash payments to mothers with children under 5 years of age.
§ Mr. Robert Sheldon, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 17th December 1975; Vol. 902, c. 663], gave the following information:
Information on which to base a precise estimate is not available, but figures derived from the 1971 census of population suggest that on the assumption that a married man remained entitled to the single person' allowance and there were no change in the age allowances, the weekly payment would be about £6.75.
§ Mrs. Chalkerasked the Chancellor of of the Exchequer what is his estimate of the amount of revenue lost in allowing the married man's tax allowance in the current financial year.
§ Mr. Robert Sheldon, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 17th December 1975; Vol. 902, c. 663], gave the following information:
Assuming that a married man remained entitled to the single person's tax allowance and no change in the age allowances, the yield for 1975–76 from abolishing the married allowance would be about £1,150 million.
§ Mrs. Chalkerasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what amount of home responsibility payment, paid as weekly cash payments to mothers with children under 5 years of age, could be made if the married man's tax allowance were withdrawn where his wife is under 55 years of age.
§ Mr. Robert Sheldon, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 17th December 713W 1975; Vol. 902, c. 663], gave the following information:
Information on which to base a precise estimate is not available, but figures derived from the 1971 census of population suggest that the weekly payment would be about £5.