Mr. R. C. Mitchellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he is taking to ensure that parents with children over the age of 19 years in full-time education who are not entitled to the child benefit allowance should not have their child tax allowance reduced.
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§ Mr. Robert Sheldon,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 18th February 1977; Vol. 926, c. 386], gave the following information:
The proposed reductions in child tax allowances are to apply to these parents as to others, but as announced in the statement by my right hon. Friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 16th November 1976, adjustments are to be made for the academic year commencing September 1977 (and subsequent years) in the parental contribution scales for student grants to take account of the reductions.