Income Tax (Child Allowances)

HC Deb 08 December 1964 vol 703 c169W

Mr. Peter Shore

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the cost of the Income Tax child allowances for the year 1959–60 to 1964–65, and what is the estimated cost for 1965–66.

Mr. MacDermot

The estimated figures are as follows:

	£ million
1959–60	280
1960–61	310
1961–62	330
1962–63	360
1963–64	400
1964–65	440(provisional)
1965–66	Not yet available