§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish an estimate of the number of single parents and married couples with children whose earnings are insufficient for them to claim (a) all and (b) part of their child tax allowances during the financial year 1976–77.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonThe estimated numbers are as follows. Precise information is not available on families not liable to tax, and the estimates should, therefore, be regarded as approximate.
000s Numbers partially benefiting from child tax allowances Numbers not benefiting at all from child tax allowances Single parents 50 380 Married couples with children 250 420 These numbers include those receiving supplementary benefits with little or no earnings from employment.