Married People: Tax Allowances

(asked on 11th April 2019) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value was of the under-spend in the marriage allowance budget in each year since it was introduced.


Answered by
Mel Stride Portrait
Mel Stride
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
This question was answered on 23rd April 2019

There is no specific funding allocated to this relief, and therefore no under-spend. Anyone who is eligible for the Marriage Allowance (MA) will receive it if they apply.

Estimates of the number of couples who have benefitted from MA are being updated following the end of 2018-19 tax year.

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