HC Deb 11 December 2001 vol 376 cc768-9W
Mr. Wray

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in Glasgow have received(a) the working families tax credit, (b) the child care tax credit and (c) the disabled persons tax credit. [21664]

Dawn Primarolo

Estimates of the numbers receiving the Working Families Tax Credit (WFTC) and the Disabled Person's Tax Credit (DPTC) in each local authority and parliamentary constituency are published in the WFTC and DPTC Quarterly Enquiries, copies of which are in the Library. It is estimated that about 2.6 thousand families in Glasgow City were receiving the child care tax credit within WFTC or DPTC at May 2001.

The estimates for WFTC and for the child care tax credit are however based on 5 per cent. samples of awards, and are therefore subject to sampling error.