Working Families Tax Credit

HC Deb 22 May 2000 vol 350 cc384-5W

Mr. Matthew Taylor

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the average cost per week, per recipient, of the Working Family Tax Credit, to the Inland Revenue in administration. [122575]

Dawn Primarolo

During the six months to March 2000, the average Inland Revenue cost per recipient of administering the Working Families Tax Credit (and the remaining Family Credit awards) was £1.61 per week.