§ Mr. Kinnockasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what size home responsibility payment could be made if the married woman's tax allowance were withdrawn for women under 55 years of 481W age, and if this were paid as a weekly cash payment to mothers with children under five years of age.
§ Mr. Robert Sheldon(pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 27th November 1975; Vol. 901, c. 291], gave the following information:
Information on which to base a precise estimate is not available, but figures derived from the 1971 census of population suggest that the weekly payment would be about £5.
§ Mr. Kinnockasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate of the amount of revenue lost in allowing the married women's tax allowance.
§ Mr. Robert Sheldon(pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 27th November 1975; Vol. 901, c. 291], gave the following information:
Assuming that a married man remained entitled to the single person's tax allowance and no change in the age allowances, the yield for 1975–76 from abolishing the married allowance would be about £1,150 million.