HC Deb 05 February 2002 vol 379 c846W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many(a) working families with children and (b) childless people in work had incomes below the tax threshold at the latest date for which information is available. [26218]

Dawn Primarolo

For 2000–01, the number of working families with children where there was no working adult with earned income above the personal tax threshold to be 700,000. The number of childless adults in work with income below the personal tax threshold is estimated to be 2,400,000.