Integrated Child Credit (Hansard, 18 December 2000)

Mr. Gareth Thomas
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the proposed integrated child credit will be implemented. [143256]

§ Dawn Primarolo
The Government's intention, subject to the legislative timetable, is to introduce the new integrated system of support for families with children from 2003.

Mr. Gareth Thomas
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what preparations his Department has taken to prepare for the implementation of the integrated child credit. [143253]

§ Dawn Primarolo
Treasury departments are working with the Department of Social Security and the Department for Education and Employment on plans for the introduction of the proposed new integrated system of support for families with children

Mr. Gareth Thomas
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he will publish a consultation paper on the details of the integrated tax credit. [143255]

§ Dawn Primarolo
Paper 6 in the series "The Modernisation of Britain's Tax and Benefit System" ("Tackling Poverty and Making Work Pay—Tax Credits for the 21" Century") sets out the case, and a possible framework, for a new integrated system of support for families with children.