§ Mr. FieldTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will desegregate by income decile the number of families receiving(a) 0 to 10 per cent., (b) 11 to 20 per cent., (c) 21 to 30 per cent., (d) 31 to 40 per cent., (e) 41 to 50 per cent., (f) 51 to 60 per cent. and (g) 61 to 70 per cent. of child care costs through the Working Families Tax Credit. [120608]
§ Dawn Primarolo[holding answer 2 May 2000]Insufficient data on income are provided by applicants for the Working Families Tax Credit (WFTC) to allocate them between decile groups of income as conventionally defined for such analyses. Also, household survey data available for analysis do not yet cover families receiving the tax credits, and sample numbers may in any case be too small for reliable estimates to be made in the detail requested.
§ Mr. FieldTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if in(a) the initial determination and (b) each subsequent determination of a working families tax credit claim the (i) number and (ii) age of children is checked against child benefit records. [120054]
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§ Dawn Primarolo[holding answer 20 April 2000]The number and ages of children from child benefit records can be checked by officers assessing any application for WFTC, and this is normally done if child benefit information is omitted from the WFTC application form, or if conflicting information has been supplied by the WFTC applicant.