§ Mr. FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many families have been in receipt of(a) Family Credit but not the Working Families Tax Credit, (b) Working Families Tax Credit but not Family Credit and (c) Family Credit and Working Families Tax Credit for each month since February 1999. [117105]
§ Angela EagleFamily Credit was replaced with Working Families Tax Credit from 5 October 1999.
The information is in the table.
Numbers of families in receipt of Family Credit and WFTC, for each month from February 1999 to February 2000 Thousand Month Family Credit WFTC Total February 1999 789 — 789 March 1999 792 — 792 April 1999 793 — 793 May 1999 791 — 791 June 1999 801 — 801 July 1999 797 — 797 August 1999 784 — 784 September 1999 758 — 758 October 1999 625 253 878 November 1999 464 466 930 December 1999 365 566 931 January 2000 249 701 950 February 2000 109 849 958 Notes:
- 1. These figures, and in particular the WFTC figure for February, exclude awards made after February and backdated.
- 2. Figures are for Great Britain only.
- 3. Sample size 5 per cent., therefore subject to sampling error.
- 4. Figures have been rounded to the nearest thousand.
Source:
Family Credit/Working Families' Tax Credit 5 per cent. sample of awards.