§ Mr. Alexander W. Lyonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many British taxpayers are claiming child allowance for children resident abroad; and in which countries they are resident.
§ Mr. Robert Sheldon,pursuant to his reply—[Official Report, 27th January 1978; Vol. 942, c. 839]—gave the following information:
I regret that information is not available from which to make accurate estimates of the number of taxpayers who are claiming allowances for children resident abroad, but in 1975–76 the number was thought to be somewhere about 200,000. The available information is insufficient to provide a breakdown of the children's country of residence.