§ Mr. Maurice MacMillanasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many wage earners he estimates will start to pay tax on their income because of the reduction of child tax allowances.
§ Mr. Robert Sheldon, pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 3rd May 1978; Vol. 949, c. 189], gave the following information:
If the child tax allowances had remained at their 1977–78 levels, it is estimated that about 100,000 fewer persons would have been liable to tax in 1978–79.