§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the revenue which would be raised from abolishing the married couples' allowance and increasing the personal allowance to £5,634 per annum. [4469]
§ Mr. Jack[holding answer 18 November 1996]: The estimated full-year cost at 1996–97 income levels of abolishing the married couples' allowance and increasing the non-aged personal allowance to £5,634 is £7.7 billion. The estimate has been calculated on the basis that the additional personal allowance and widow's bereavement allowance would also be abolished and that the aged personal allowances would be increased by the same amount as the non-aged personal allowance.