§ Lord Stoddart of Swindonasked Her Majesty's Government:
What would have been the amount of child tax allowance in the tax year 1990–91 had such allowances continued and assuming index linking.
§ The Minister of State, Department of Trade and Industry (Lord Hesketh)If child tax allowances had been indexed since 1976–77 in line with the increase in the Retail Prices Index, for the income tax year 1990–91 they would be as follows: 45WA
£ Allowance for child: aged under 11 970 aged 11 to 15 1,085 aged 16 and over 1,175