HC Deb 06 April 2000 vol 347 cc584-5W
22. Mr. Ruffley

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the impact on the average family of his withdrawal of tax allowances to date. [116624]

Dawn Primarolo

Taking all measures together, personal tax and benefit changes in this and previous Budgets will mean that by April 2001On average families with children will be £850 a year better off; A single-earner family on average earnings and with two children will be £370 a year better off; A single-earner family on half average earnings and with two children will be £2,600 a year better off; and The tax burden on a single-earner family on average earnings and with two children will be the lowest since 1972.

25. Mr. Lidington

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many taxpayers will be liable for higher rate tax as a result of the withdrawal of tax allowances in his Budgets to date. [116627]

Dawn Primarolo

None.

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