HC Deb 26 April 1990 vol 171 c311W
46. Mr. Robert Banks

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate of the take from making child benefit liable to income tax.

Mr. Lilley

The estimated direct revenue yield in 1990–91 from making child benefit liable to tax would be about £450 million. This assumes that child benefit received by married couples would be taxed as the mother's income.