§ 63. Mr. Ian Lloydasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will revise the official remitted fees scale now employed by local education authorities for the calculation of fees' remission so that parents paying income tax at the full rate are not penalised for an addition to family allowances which is completely offset by subsequent tax adjustments.
§ Miss BaconNo. Local authorities have complete discretion to fix the scales they use to calculate any contribution they make towards school fees paid by parents and it is for them to consider whether to allow for the effect of family allowance increases on taxable income.