HC Deb 20 January 1989 vol 145 c357W
Mr. Robert G. Hughes

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the rise in real terms of the married man's personal allowance during the period 1974 to 1979, and the period 1980 to 1988.

Mr. Norman Lamont

Between 1973–74 and 1978–79, the married man's income tax allowance fell, in real terms, by just over 5 per cent. Since then it has been increased by almost 28 per cent. The real increase since 1979–80 has been 25 per cent.