HC Deb 12 July 1976 vol 915 c104W
Mr. Wakeham

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what would be the approximate amount of a unified relief if the following reliefs for 1976–77 were unified at no cost to the revenue: child relief, dependent relative relief, housekeepers' relief, relief for a person looking after children, additional personal relief for children, daughter's services relief and blind person's relief, together with the excess of the married personal allowance over the single personal allowance;

(2) what would be the approximate amount of the child relief for 1976–77 if the different reliefs were unified at no cost to the revenue;

(3) what would be the approximate amount of a unified relief if the following reliefs for 1976–77 were unified at no cost to the revenue; single personal allowance, married personal allowance, wife's earned income allowance, child relief, dependent relative relief, housekeeper relief, relief for a person looking after children, additional personal relief for children, daughter's services relief and blind person's relief, on the basis that a taxpayer should be entitled to the unified relief in respect of himself together with a similar amount of relief in respect of his wife and each dependant.

Mr. Robert Sheldon

I will let the hon. Member have a reply as soon as possible.

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