§ Ms KellyTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate his Department has made of the number of projected claimants of the(a) Working Families Tax Credit and (b) Disabled Person's Tax Credit for the years (i) 2000–01 and (ii) 2001–02. [123798]
§ Dawn Primarolo[holding answer 25 May 2000]: Table C12 in the March 2000 Financial Statement and Budget Report shows projected expenditure on the Working Families Tax Credit (WFTC) and the Disabled Person's Tax Credit (DPTC). These projections were based on the expectation that up to 1.4 million individuals and families will benefit from WFFC and DPTC.