HC Deb 15 January 1988 vol 125 cc442-3W
Sir Brandon Rhys Williams

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish a table showing for each year since 1958 the combined value of child tax allowance after clawback and family allowance or child benefit expressed in November 1987 prices for the first, second and third child in standard rate tax paying families.

Mr. Scott

Comparison of values at dates other than upratings can be misleading. The figures up to the last general benefit uprating date of April 1987 are given in the table. They will be updated when the movement in the retail price index over the 12 months to April 1988 is known. Until the mid-1960s, the value of support, including child tax allowances, was substantially more for families paying standard rate income tax than for families on average earnings.

Children under age 11 Children under age 11–15 Children aged 16 and over
Date3 1st child 2nd child 3rd child4 1st child 2nd child 3rd child4 1st child 2nd child 3rd child4
April 1961 5.99 8.15 8.79 7.43 9.67 10.23 8.95 11.10 11.74
April 1962 5.67 7.71 8.31 7.03 9.15 9.68 8.47 10.51 11.11
April 1963 6.37 8.37 8.96 7.70 9.85 10.30 9.11 11.18 11.70
April 1964 6.24 8.20 8.78 7.55 9.66 10.09 8.93 10.96 11.47
April 1965 6.26 8.18 8.60 7.63 9.49 9.97 9.01 10.87 11.35
April 1966 6.04 7.90 8.30 7.37 9.16 9.63 8.70 10.49 10.96
April 1967 5.87 7.67 8.06 7.16 8.90 9.35 8.44 10.19 10.64
April 1968 5.62 7.04 7.47 6.85 8.27 8.64 8.09 9.44 9.87
April 1969 5.32 6.96 7.37 6.49 8.13 8.54 7.66 9.30 9.65
April 1970 5.04 6.59 6.98 6.15 7.70 8.09 7.25 8.81 9.14
April 1971 5.87 7.44 7.79 6.78 8.40 8.76 7.74 9.31 9.67
April 1972 5.52 7.00 7.33 6.38 7.90 8.24 7.28 8.76 9.09
April 1973 5.01 6.28 6.58 5.93 7.15 7.45 6.67 7.89 8.20
April 1974 5.75 6.81 7.08 6.62 7.61 7.91 7.34 8.33 8.63
April 1975 5.04 6.97 6.97 5.75 7.68 7.68 6.38 8.34 8.34
April 1976 5.28 6.93 6.93 5.89 7.53 7.53 6.44 8.06 8.06
April 1977 5.08 5.81 5.81 5.59 6.33 6.33 6.04 6.75 6.75
April 1978 6.05 6.05 6.05 6.52 6.52 6.52 6.91 6.91 6.91
April 1979 7.50 7.50 7.50 7.50 7.50 7.50 7.50 7.50 7.50
November 1980 6.96 6.96 6.96 6.96 6.96 6.96 6.96 6.96 6.96
November 1981 6.87 6.87 6.87 6.87 6.87 6.87 6.87 6.87 6.87
November 1982 7.20 7.20 7.20 7.20 7.20 7.20 7.20 7.20 7.20
November 1983 7.63 7.63 7.63 7.63 7.63 7.63 7.63 7.63 7.63
November 1984 7.67 7.67 7.67 7.67 7.67 7.67 7.67 7.67 7.67
November 1985 7.43 7.43 7.43 7.43 7.43 7.43 7.43 7.43 7.43
July 1986 7.41 7.41 7.41 7.41 7.41 7.41 7.41 7.41 7.41
April 1987 7.25 7.25 7.25 7.25 7.25 7.25 7.25 7.25 7.25
1 The combined value of child tax-allowances after Clawback and Family Allowance/Child Benefit.
2 Based on the movement in the General Index of Retail Prices at April 1987.
3 Child Tax Allowance ceased after the 1978–79 Tax Year end and up-rating dates are shown from 1979 onwards.
4 And subsequent children.

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