§ Mr. SwayneTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of new pensioner couples who will be affected by the withdrawal of married tax allowances. [99085]
§ Dawn Primarolo[holding answer 29 November 1999]: Today's pensioner couples will keep the married couples allowance. Any couple where at least one spouse is 65 or over before 6 April 2000 will continue to be able to claim the allowance. In addition, any new pensioner 317W couples—single people aged 65 or over before 6 April 2000—who subsequently marry will be able to start claiming the allowance after they marry.