§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to the answer of 27 January, Official Report, c. 525, to the hon. Member for Grimsby, concerning a change in the structure of personal taxation, how the £8.5 billion would be divided between single people, married couples without wife's earned income and married couples with wife's earned income, distinguishing between those under and those over 65 years of age.
§ Mr. RidleyThe benefits of the direct revenue cost of approximately £8½ billion going to the different groups would break down as follows:
Percentage of total Under 65: single people 27 married couples without wife's earned income 29 married couples with wife's earned income 35 Over 65: single people 3 married couples without wife's earned income 4 married couples with wife's earned income 2 100