§ Mr. Pardoeasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the loss of revenue due to the duplication of income tax allowances given to women in the year of their marriage for each of the last five financial years.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonI regret that the information for a series of years is not readily available but an estimate for 1973–74 is about £30 million. This is based on similar working assumptions to the estimate for 1976–77 given in Table 17 of the April 1976 Financial Statement and Budget Report.