HC Deb 01 February 2000 vol 343 c579W
Ms Kelly

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the cost of lowering the working-hours requirement for receipt of the working families tax credit from 16 hours to 10 hours for parents who have at least one child aged under five years for(a) both parents and (b) one parent. [107404]

Dawn Primarolo

Reliable estimates for the cost of lowering the working hours requirement for receipt of the Working Families' Tax Credit from 16 hours to 10 hours for parents with at least one child aged under five years are not available.