§ Miss Richardsonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list at 1979
TAX THRESHOLDS AT OCTOBER 1979 PRICES Year Single Married Married 1Child under 11 Married 2children under 11 Married 2children 1under 11 1aged 11to 16 Married 4 children 2 under 11 2 11to 16 1945–46 … 724 1,263 1,705 2,155 2,155 3,048 1946–47 … 1,017 1,647 2,096 2,545 2,545 3,443 1947–48 … 1,009 1,627 2,157 2,687 2,687 3,748 1948–49 … 998 1,601 2,120 2,640 2,640 3,679 1949–50 … 985 1,573 2,079 2,586 2,586 3,998 1950–51 … 945 1,508 1,993 2,479 2,479 3,450 1951–52 … 873 1,471 2,248 2,518 2,518 3,564 1952–53 … 928 1,588 2,208 2,834 2,834 4,075 1953–54 … 353 1,561 2,172 2,787 2,787 4,007 1954–55 … 893 1,528 2,126 2,729 2,729 3,923 1955–56 … 1,009 1,690 2,367 3,048 3,048 4,406 1956–57 … 975 1,629 2,280 2,935 2,935 4,240 1957–58 … 945 1,579 2,208 2,843 3,015 4,422 1958–59 … 936 1,561 2,182 2,807 2,981 4,363 1959–60 … 936 1,561 2,182 2,807 2,981 4,363 1960–61 … 921 1,535 2,146 2,761 2,933 4,292 1961–62 … 931 1,521 2,108 2,700 2,846 4,171 1962–63 … 897 1,468 2,033 2,604 2,745 4,022 1963–64 … 1,239 1,913 2,556 3,194 3,338 4,760 1964–65 … 1,190 1,839 2,456 3,071 3,208 4,574 1965–66 … 1,126 1,739 2,328 2,917 3,044 4,350 1966–67 … 1,087 1,680 2,248 2,818 2,940 4,201 1967–68 … 1,063 1,642 2,198 2,753 2,875 4,107 1968–69 … 1,007 1,555 2,082 2,445 2,559 3,395 1969–70 … 1,110 1,631 2,133 2,451 2,559 3,304 1970–71 … 1,320 1,888 2,356 2,653 2,754 3,448 1971–72 … 1,208 1,729 2,304 2,723 2,819 3,750 1972–73 … 1,595 2,080 2,621 3,012 3,098 3,970 1973–74 … 1,453 1,892 2,381 2,722 2,808 3,577 1974–75 … 1,295 1,792 2,290 2,679 2,752 3,604 1975–76 … 1,122 1,588 1,987 2,299 2,358 3,041 1976–77 … 1,060 1,565 1,998 2,356 2,406 3,173 1977–78 … 1,195 1,841 2,155 2,469 2,513 3,185 1978–79 … 1,151 1,794 2,068 2,339 2,381 2,967 1978–79 … 1,165 1,815 2,023 2,231 2,231 2,647 The thresholds for 1977–78, 1978–79 and 1979–80 include child benefit in the tax-free income of married couples where appropriate, and are, therefore, not strictly comparable with those for the earlier years. The thresholds take account of earned income relief and family allowance deduction—clawback— 856W prices for each year since 1945 the tax-free income, personal tax allowances and since 1977 child benefit, of (a) a single person, (b) a childless couple, (c) a couple with one child aged under 11 years, (d) a couple with two children, both aged under 11 years, (e) a couple with two children, one aged under 11 years and one aged 11 to 16 years and (f) a couple with four children, two aged under 11 years and two aged 11 to 16 years.
§ Mr. Peter ReesAt October 1979 prices the amounts of tax free income-tax thresholds are as follows:
where necessary. The price index used is the general index of retail prices—all items—and the index given in table 2 of the publication "The Internal Purchasing Power of the Pound", issued by the Central Statistical Office, wih an estimate for 1945–46. The indices refer to financial years except for 1979–80, for which the October 1979 figure has been used.