§ Mr. AlexanderTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many households in(a) Scotland and (b) Paisley, South which are eligible for the Working Families Tax Credit are (i) single parent families where the woman is the sole earner, (ii) single parent families 185W where the man is the sole earner, (iii) couples, where the male is the sole earner, (iv) couples, where the female is the sole earner and (v) dual income families. [122371]
§ Dawn PrimaroloIt is estimated that 98,800 families in Scotland have been awarded the Working Families Tax Credit to the end of March 2000, of which 1,400 were in Paisley, South.
The breakdown requested for Scotland is as follows:
Family type Number with Working Families Tax Credit awards at March 2000 Single Parent—female earner 61,100 Single Parent—male earner 2,100 Couple—male sole earner 21,800 Couple—female sole earner 8,500 Couple—both earning 5,400 Total 98,800 There are too few cases in the 5 per cent. sample used for these analyses to provide a complete breakdown for Paisley, South. It is estimated that 1,100 families with WFTC awards in Paisley, South were single parents where the woman is the sole earner.