asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list at 1979

TAX THRESHOLDS AT OCTOBER 1979 PRICES
Year		Single	Married	Married 1Child under 11	Married 2children under 11	Married 2children 1under 11 1aged 11to 16	Married 4 children 2 under 11 2 11to 16
1945–46	…	724	1,263	1,705	2,155	2,155	3,048
1946–47	…	1,017	1,647	2,096	2,545	2,545	3,443
1947–48	…	1,009	1,627	2,157	2,687	2,687	3,748
1948–49	…	998	1,601	2,120	2,640	2,640	3,679
1949–50	…	985	1,573	2,079	2,586	2,586	3,998
1950–51	…	945	1,508	1,993	2,479	2,479	3,450
1951–52	…	873	1,471	2,248	2,518	2,518	3,564
1952–53	…	928	1,588	2,208	2,834	2,834	4,075
1953–54	…	353	1,561	2,172	2,787	2,787	4,007
1954–55	…	893	1,528	2,126	2,729	2,729	3,923
1955–56	…	1,009	1,690	2,367	3,048	3,048	4,406
1956–57	…	975	1,629	2,280	2,935	2,935	4,240
1957–58	…	945	1,579	2,208	2,843	3,015	4,422
1958–59	…	936	1,561	2,182	2,807	2,981	4,363
1959–60	…	936	1,561	2,182	2,807	2,981	4,363
1960–61	…	921	1,535	2,146	2,761	2,933	4,292
1961–62	…	931	1,521	2,108	2,700	2,846	4,171
1962–63	…	897	1,468	2,033	2,604	2,745	4,022
1963–64	…	1,239	1,913	2,556	3,194	3,338	4,760
1964–65	…	1,190	1,839	2,456	3,071	3,208	4,574
1965–66	…	1,126	1,739	2,328	2,917	3,044	4,350
1966–67	…	1,087	1,680	2,248	2,818	2,940	4,201
1967–68	…	1,063	1,642	2,198	2,753	2,875	4,107
1968–69	…	1,007	1,555	2,082	2,445	2,559	3,395
1969–70	…	1,110	1,631	2,133	2,451	2,559	3,304
1970–71	…	1,320	1,888	2,356	2,653	2,754	3,448
1971–72	…	1,208	1,729	2,304	2,723	2,819	3,750
1972–73	…	1,595	2,080	2,621	3,012	3,098	3,970
1973–74	…	1,453	1,892	2,381	2,722	2,808	3,577
1974–75	…	1,295	1,792	2,290	2,679	2,752	3,604
1975–76	…	1,122	1,588	1,987	2,299	2,358	3,041
1976–77	…	1,060	1,565	1,998	2,356	2,406	3,173
1977–78	…	1,195	1,841	2,155	2,469	2,513	3,185
1978–79	…	1,151	1,794	2,068	2,339	2,381	2,967
1978–79	…	1,165	1,815	2,023	2,231	2,231	2,647

The thresholds for 1977–78, 1978–79 and 1979–80 include child benefit in the tax-free income of married couples where appropriate, and are, therefore, not strictly comparable with those for the earlier years. The thresholds take account of earned income relief and family allowance deduction—clawback—

prices for each year since 1945 the tax-free income, personal tax allowances and since 1977 child benefit, of (

At October 1979 prices the amounts of tax free income-tax thresholds are as follows:where necessary. The price index used is the general index of retail prices—all items—and the index given in table 2 of the publication "The Internal Purchasing Power of the Pound", issued by the Central Statistical Office, wih an estimate for 1945–46. The indices refer to financial years except for 1979–80, for which the October 1979 figure has been used.