Question follow-through · 10254
Married People: Tax Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of allowing married couples with dependent children to transfer a greater proportion of their personal allowance between spouses.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 16 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 24 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of allowing married couples with dependent children to transfer a greater proportion of their personal allowance between spouses.
18 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Jun 2026
Answer published
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 9314 on 22 June 2026.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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