§ Mr. RendelTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will estimate the cost of disregarding child maintenance for all(a) lone parent family credit and (b) working families tax credit claimants. [55581]
§ Angela EagleThe information is in the table.
Cost (£ million per annum) Family Credit 40 Working Families Tax Credit 40 Notes:
1. Figures are rounded to the nearest £5 million and are at 1998/99 prices, benefit levels and caseloads
2. Based on the May 1998 5 per cent. scan of the Family Credit Computer System
3. Figures do not take into account the effect of the minimum wage
4. Costs include a small element of spousal maintenance which it is not possible to identify separately on the Family Credit dataset
5. Figures do not include couples
§ Mr. RendelTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will estimate the cost of a(a) £10, (b) £15 and (c) £20 child maintenance disregard in income support. [55580]
§ Angela EagleThe information is set out in the table.
The estimated full year costs of child care disregard Disregard (per week) Cost (per annum) £10 £100 million £15 £140 million £20 £170 million Notes:
1. Figures are rounded to the nearest £5 million and are at estimated 1999–2000 caseloads.
2. There would be offsetting savings of around £20 million if the Child Maintenance Bonus were also to be abolished.
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