§ Mr. GroganTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many people in Yorkshire and Humberside receive the disabled person's tax credit; [149447]
(2) how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time workers in Yorkshire have benefited from the working families tax credit. [149451]
§ Dawn PrimaroloCopies of the latest Quarterly Enquiries giving statistics for the Working Families Tax Credit (WFTC) and the Disabled Person's Tax Credit are in the Library. They contain estimates of the number of recipients in each region.
There is no single definition of what comprises full-time work. The table shows an analysis by hours worked of families in Yorkshire and The Humber receiving WFTC at August 2000.
Thousand Hours normally worked, per week, by main earner Recipients 16<20 26.3 20<24 15.7 24<30 10.1 30<36 17.7 36<40 26.7 40 and over 30.1 All cases 126.6 Note:
Estimates based on a 5 per cent. sample of awards, and therefore subject to sampling error