HC Deb 24 January 1996 vol 270 c228W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many(a) single persons, (b) married couples and (c) married couples with two children he estimates will benefit by £9 per week net following his Budget; and what considerations underlay his estimate that taxpayers would benefit by this sum. [9779]

Mr. Jack

As my right hon. and learned Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer made clear in his Budget statement, a married couple with two children and one earner on average earnings gain around £190 per year from the Budget tax changes, including the effect of changes to indirect tax. Taking higher earnings into account, the same family should be around £450 per year better off next year, after tax and inflation.