Family Credit

HC Deb 26 February 1998 vol 307 c346W

Mr. Lilley

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many additional households would become eligible for family credit if the taper were reduced from 70p to 50p for each £1 of income. [31390]

Mr. Keith Bradley

It is estimated that around 400,000 families would become eligible for Family Credit if the taper was reduced from 70p to 50p for each £1 of income.Source: Based on the 1995–96 Family Resources Survey uprated to population estimates and to 1997–98 prices and benefit levels.