One-parent Families (Hansard, 13 February 1989)

HC Deb 13 February 1989 vol 147 cc80-1W 81W

§ Mr. Nicholas Brown
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many one-parent families benefit from the additional personal allowance.

§ Mr. Norman Lamont
About half a million one-parent families benefit from the additional personal allowance. This estimate is based on a projection of the 1986–87 survey of personal incomes and is provisional.