HC Deb 03 April 2000 vol 347 c330W
Mr. Brazier

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the take-up of the child care credit in the Working Families Tax Credit. [115876]

Dawn Primarolo

The childcare tax credit component of the Working Families Tax Credit has been particularly successful, with over 90,000 recipients at the end of February. At its peak, in August 1999, 47,000 families claimed the child care disregard in Family Credit.