§ Mrs. Chalkerasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish in the Official Report the net income effects of withdrawing the married man's tax allowance from all men with wives under 55 years of age and paying it as a cash home responsibility payment to mothers of children under 5 years of age for (1) families with one, two and four children
£million 31st December 1973 31st March 1974 30th September 1975 Her Majesty's Government: Proportion of $2.5 billion loan held by overseas banks — — 247 Central Monetary Institutions holding of: British Government Stocks 1,556 1,660 1,021 Treasury Bills 674 739 1,351 Nationalised Industries: Net borrowing abroad from banks 146 156 615 Other Public Sector Bodies: Net borrowing abroad from banks 12 23 39 Central Monetary Institutions deposits with local authorities 413 373 272 In addition, both nationalised industries and local authorities have issued bonds denominated in foreign currencies overseas, some of which would have been taken up by overseas banks, but it is not possible to identify these separately. They have not therefore been included in the table.
222Wunder 5 years of age and (2) families with one, two and four children over 5 years of age earning three-quarters of the average wage, the average wage, twice the average wage and five times the average wage.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonI shall let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.