Wife's Earnings Elections

HC Deb 24 July 1986 vol 102 c469W

Mr. Austin Mitchell

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish in the Official Report the estimated number and cost of wife's earnings elections by range of income at 1986–87 income levels at current rates of taxation together with the total.

Mr. Norman Lamont

Estimates are as follows:

Number and cost of wife's earnings elections in 1986–87
Range of joint total income (lower limit) £ per annum	Number ("000s)	Cost (£ million)
20,000	—	—
25,000	30	10
30,000	100	50
40,000	30	50
50,000	40	130
Total	200	240