§ Mr. Sheermanasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate how much it costs the Exchequer in terms of tax revenue lost for an unemployed (a) single person, and (b) a married person with two children.
§ Mr. MooreNo meaningful answer can be given. Estimates of lost taxes are inevitably hypothetical since they depend on assumptions about the circumstances of the individual and the conditions in the economy had unemployment been different from what it actually was.