§ Mr. Blairasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many couples claimed the married man's allowance in each of the last five fiscal years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Moore[pursuant to his reply, 15 January 1985, c. 121]: Estimates based on the surveys of personal income for the years concerned are shown below. The figures exclude married couples who elected for the separate taxation of wife's earnings.
Numbers of married couples claiming the married man's tax allowance Million 1978–79 12.9 1979–80 12.7 1980–81 12.7 1981–82 12.1 1982–83 12.4