HC Deb 20 May 1996 vol 278 cc49-50W
Sir David Knox

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish figures setting out the treatment for tax and benefit purposes of children aged 16 to 18 years and still in full-time education, in each of the member states of the EU, showing in each case the amounts allowable in(a) child benefit, (b) child tax allowances and (c) educational maintenance allowances in (i) national currencies, (ii) euros and (iii) as percentages of average production worker earnings. [29583]

Mr. Jack

Available figures for child benefit and child tax allowance are given in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development publication "The Tax/Benefit position of Production Workers" which is available in the House of Commons Library.