HC Deb 15 November 1968 vol 773 c164W
Mr. Speed

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the cost in a full year of increasing the personal allowance to £ 1,000 for a married man over 65 years of age with his wife living with him or wholly maintained by him, and increasing the personal allowance to £ 750 for any other person over 65 years of age.

Mr. Harold Lever

About £ 180 million for a full year.