Child Tax Allowances (Hansard, 10 December 1984)

§ Mr. Whitney

The table illustrates the value of child support provided over the years in question, to a manual worker on average earnings, with one, two or three children under 11, on the assumption of an increase in the retail price index of 5 per cent. in the 12 months to November 1984.

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Child support^* to persons on average earnings expressed at November 1984† values
	Children aged 11 or under
Date‡	One child family	Two child family	Three child family
August 1946	3.20	7.62	10.69
April 1947	3.47	7.32	10.67
April 1948	3.45	7.36	10.35
April 1949	3.77	8.11	10.97
April 1950	3.16	7.30	10.24
April 1951	3.79	8.51	11.27
April 1952	3.02	6.60	8.89
April 1953	2.99	8.01	11.62
April 1954	3.59	8.49	12.60
April 1955	3.89	9.39	12.94
April 1956	3.86	9.69	13.55
April 1957	3.95	9.91	14.71
April 1958	4.06	9.89	15.13
April 1959	4.06	9.53	14.85
April 1960	4.40	10.05	15.99
April 1961	4.28	10.14	16.07
April 1962	4.19	10.00	15.61
April 1963	4.50	10.92	16.62
April 1964	5.06	11.36	17.65
April 1965	5.59	11.68	18.14
April 1966	5.40	11.99	18.16
April 1967	5.24	11.81	17.86
April 1968	5.02	11.53	18.43
April 1969	4.76	10.98	17.57
April 1970	4.50	10.40	16.63
April 1971	5.25	11.90	18.87
April 1972	4.94	11.19	17.75
April 1973	4.48	10.09	15.98
April 1974	5.14	11.23	17.53
April 1975	4.50	10.73	16.94
April 1976	4.72	10.92	17.10
April 1977	4.54	9.74	14.93
April 1978	5.41	10.83	16.23
April 1979	6.70	13.41	20.11
November 1980	6.22	12.44	18.66
November 1981	6.14	12.28	18.42
November 1982	6.44	12.88	19.32
November 1983	6.83	13.65	20.48
November 1984	6.85	13.70	20.55
^* The combined value of child tax allowance after clawback and family allowance/child benefit.
† Based on the movement in the General Index of Retail Prices assuming a 5 per cent, increase in the index between November 1983 and November 1984.
‡ Child tax allowance ceased after the 1978–79 tax year and uprating dates are shown from 1979 onwards.