§ Dr. CableTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the numbers of higher rate taxpayers who will pay a 46 per cent. marginal rate of income tax consequent upon the tapering of the children's tax credit(a) in total, (b) where the taxpayer is the sole earner in the family and (c) where the taxpayer is the sole higher rate taxpayer in the family. [79091]
§ Ms HewittIt is estimated that in 2001–02 there will be 300,000 taxpayers on the children's tax credit taper. Of these, around 90,000 will be the sole earner in the family. In very few cases will there be two higher rate taxpayers in the family.