§ Mr. Leightonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate of the revenue yield from taxing benefits paid to the unemployed in the 1984–85 tax year; and what is the assumption on which the estimate is based.
§ Mr. MooreThe yield from taxing benefits paid to the unemployed in a full year at 1984–85 levels is estimated at about £700 million. This figure is based on the personal allowances proposed in the Budget and on the assumptions on the level of unemployment contained in "The Government's Expenditure Plans 1984–85 to 1986–87" (Cmnd. 9143) and takes account of the benefit upratings due in November which were announced on 18 June by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Social Services.