HC Deb 22 June 2000 vol 352 c289W
27. Mr. Boswell

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his policy is towards use of the tax system for the redistribution of income. [125852]

Dawn Primarolo

Budget 2000 builds on the success of the last three years. It supports work, families and enterprise and it cuts poverty, helps pensioners, and delivers substantial new resources for schools and hospitals. By 2001, personal tax and benefit changes mean that a single earner family with two children on £12,500 will be £2,600 a year better off. On £25,000, they will be £370 better off.