Written question asked by David Rendel (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 13 April 1999, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 19 April 1999. It was answered by Baroness Primarolo (Labour) on Monday, 19 April 1999 on behalf of the Treasury.

Treasury

Question: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) men and (b) women are currently entitled to the additional personal tax allowance; and how many of those men and women are (i) parents and (ii) carers; what is the current take-up rate of the additional personal tax allowance; and what estimate he has made of the additional cost should full take-up occur. - Inc ref to fact that no information available on total number of people eligible to claim or on the proportion who are carers. (Holding answer 16 April 1999).

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