§ Mr. Rookerasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate what the effect would be, excluding those on the higher rates of tax, on (a) the numbers of working families with overall marginal tax rates of 50 per cent. or
Options Amount of increase above indexation Married man's tax allowance Single person's tax allowance Child benefit One-parent benefit (£ year) (£ year) £ (week) £ (week) (i) — — 3.00 1.85 (ii) 250 160 — — (iii) 210 140 0.45 0.30