§ Mr. BarronTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many women currently receive both the wife's earned income allowance and the married man's tax allowance.
§ Mr. Norman LamontIt is estimated that in 1988–89 about half a million married women will have both the wife's earned income allowance and the married man's tax allowance set against their earnings.
§ Mr. Gordon BrownTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give for 1987–88 the number of tax units claiming(a) the dependent relative allowance, (b) the housekeeper allowance, and (c) the son's or daughter's services allowance; and if he will give for each of these the cost of the allowance to the Exchequer in 1987–88, and the projected cost for 1988–89 had the allowances been retained.
§ Mr. Norman LamontThe information is given in the table :
Cost of the allowance Number of tax units claiming the allowance (thousands) 1987–88 (£ million) 1988–89 (£ million) Dependent relative allowance 360 10 10 Housekeeper allowance 5 under ¼ under ¼ Son's or daughter's services allowance 2 negligible negligible Estimates are based on a projection of the 1985–86 survey of personal income and are therefore provisional.
§ Mr. Gordon BrownTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many separated or divorced parents at present opt to claim two separate additional personal allowances; and if he will give the cost to the Exchequer of these claimants in 1987–88 and the projected cost had the allowance continued to be allowed to both parents in 1989–90.
§ Mr. Norman LamontInformation about the numbers of separated or divorced parents claiming the additional personal allowance is not available. Under the Budget proposals, separated or divorced parents who are eligible will both continue to be able to claim the additional personal allowance in 1989–90 except where the parent making the claim is one of an unmarried couple living together as husband and wife and that couple have more than one child between them.