§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table showing the percentage of the average industrial wage which is represented by (a) the single person's tax allowance and (b) the married couple's tax allowance for each year since 1955.
§ Mr. MooreAppendix C of "Inland Revenue Statistics 1982" contains information for tax years up to 1980–81. Figures from 1981–82 to 1984–85 are as follows:
Tax threshold as a percentage of average male manual earnings Single person Married man (without children) 1981–82 20.6 32.1 1982–83 21.8 34.1 1983–84 23.4 36.6 1984–85* 24.7 38.9 * Provisional.