§ Mr. Goodhartasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the number of (a) children and (b) wives, resident overseas, for whom taxpayers resident in the United Kingdom are accorded allowances against income tax.
§ Mr. Robert Sheldon, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 6th July 1976; Vol. 914, c. 522], gave the following information:
It is estimated that child tax allowances are given at present for about 500,000 children who are not resident in this country. I regret that information about the number of non-resident wives of taxpayers resident in the United Kingdom is insufficient to enable an estimate to be made in answer to the second half of the Question.