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Mr. Ralph Howell
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the amount of income tax payable per week by a married couple would be in the following circumstances: man earning £150 per week and wife not working, man earning £100 per week and wife £50 per week, man earning £75 per week and wife £75 per week; and what would be the amount of income tax payable by two single persons each earning £75 per week assuming no other income tax reliefs.
Mr. Ridley
The information is as follows:
| Earnings per week | Total tax | |
| Husband £ | wife £ | per week £ |
| 150 | — | 30·89 |
| 100 | 50 | 21·87 |
| 75 | 75 | 21·87 |