HC Deb 17 April 2000 vol 348 cc370-1W
Mr. Stevenson

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people will receive the Working Families Tax Credit from 18 April (a) in the Stoke-on-Trent, South constituency and (b) in Stoke-on-Trent as a whole. [118591]

Dawn Primarolo

For the Stoke-on-Trent, South constituency, I refer my hon. Friend to my answer today,Official Report, column 370W, to my hon. Friend the Member for Shrewsbury and Atcham (Mr. Marsden). It is estimated that 6,200 families in Stoke-on-Trent have been awarded the Working Families Tax Credit by the end of March 2000.

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many families are in receipt of the working families tax credit in the Crosby constituency; and what percentage they constitute of the total number of families in the constituency. [118685]

Dawn Primarolo

[holding answer 11 April 2000]: I refer my hon. Friend to my answer today, Official Report, column 370W, to my hon. Friend the Member for Shrewsbury and Atcham (Mr. Marsden) for the number of Working Families Tax Credit awards in Crosby. Estimates of the number of families at constituency level are not available.

Dr. Stoate

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many families in Dartford will benefit from the increase in the under-16 child credit in the working families tax credit. [118823]

Dawn Primarolo

I refer my hon. Friend to my answer today,Official Report, column 370W, to my hon. Friend the Member for Shrewsbury and Atcham (Mr. Marsden). Almost all families having new awards, or renewing awards, from June 2000 will benefit from the increase in the under 16 child credit.

Helen Jones

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many families are in receipt of the working families tax credit in(a) Warrington and (b) Warrington North constituency. [118856]

Dawn Primarolo

The information is contained in the table relating to the answer I have today given my hon. Friend the Member for Shrewsbury and Atcham (Mr. Marsden),Official Report, column 370W.