§ Mr. GibbTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if the National Audit Office has approved the change in presentation in the Red Book explained at paragraph B60 in which tax credits are netted off against tax receipts. [39772]
§ Dawn Primarolo[holding answer 27 April 1998]The NAO have not been asked to look at how the public finances projections are presented in the FSBR. At the Chancellor's request, they have audited key assumptions and conventions underlying the projections of the public finances.
§ Mrs. MayTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of the expenditure on working families tax credit in 1999–2000 identified in the Red Book(a) will comprise payments to recipients and (b) relates to initial set-up and other costs. [40326]
§ Dawn Primarolo[holding answer 30 April 1998]All expenditure on the Working Families Tax Credit identified in the Red Book relates to payments to recipients.