§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish indices of single, married and child tax allowances and of the retail prices index in 1946, 1956, 1966 and 1976.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonThe figures are as follows:
tax allowances in respect of (a) a single person, (b) a married couple, (c) a married couple with two children aged between 11 and 16 years and (d) a married couple with four children, two aged under 11 years and two aged between 11 years and 16 years, for the financial years 1961–62, 1966–67, 1971–72 and 1976–77, both in cash terms and in real terms related to 1961–62 prices.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonThe figures are as follows:
the allowances net of the family allowance deduction ("clawback").
The price index used is the average General Index of Retail Prices—All Items, for each financial year except for 1976–77 where the 589W average index relates to the fist eight months of that year.