§ 22. Mr. RuffleyTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the impact on the average family of his withdrawal of tax allowances to date. [116624]
§ Dawn PrimaroloTaking all measures together, personal tax and benefit changes in this and previous Budgets will mean that by April 2001
585WOn average families with children will be £850 a year better off; A single-earner family on average earnings and with two children will be £370 a year better off;A single-earner family on half average earnings and with two children will be £2,600 a year better off; andThe tax burden on a single-earner family on average earnings and with two children will be the lowest since 1972.
§ 25. Mr. LidingtonTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many taxpayers will be liable for higher rate tax as a result of the withdrawal of tax allowances in his Budgets to date. [116627]
§ Dawn PrimaroloNone.