§ Ms KellyTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much families have benefited from the Working Families Tax Credit, by parliamentary constituency, in Northern Ireland, broken down by gender of claimant. [151002]
§ Dawn PrimaroloThe following table provides estimates of the number of recipients of the Working Families Tax Credit (WFTC) in each constituency at the end of August 2000, based on the postcodes as captured from the application forms.
Recipients of WFTC in each Northern Ireland constituency August 2000 Gender of applicant Female Male All Belfast, East 1.4 0.2 1.5 Belfast, North 2.2 0.2 2.4 Belfast, South 1.1 0.1 1.2 Belfast, West 2.6 0.2 2.9 East Antrim 1.6 0.2 1.8 East Londonderry 2.0 0.3 2.3 Fermanagh and South Tyrone 1.9 0.3 2.3 Foyle 2.4 0.4 2.8 Lagan Valley 1.5 0.2 1.7 Mid-Ulster 1.9 0.3 2.2 Newry and Armagh 2.2 0.3 2.5 North Antrim 2.0 0.3 2.4 North Down 1.2 0.2 1.4 South Antrim 1.9 0.3 2.1 South Down 2.0 0.3 2.3 Strangford 1.6 0.3 1.9 Upper Bann 2.2 0.3 2.5 West Tyrone 2.0 0.3 2.4 Unknown 0.8 0.1 0.9 All 34.4 5.0 39.4 Note:
Based on an analysis of all awards, using the 2000 Version 1 Postcode Directory supplied by the Office for National Statistics, which allocates postcodes to constituencies according to their definitions at January 2000. Cases with incomplete postcodes are allocated if the constituencies are nevertheless indicated with certainty.
§ Ms KellyTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give a breakdown of all Working Families Tax Credit awards to those in(a) couple families showing the gender of the recipient of the payment and (b) couple families with children aged under one, showing the gender of the recipient of the payment. [151004]
§ Dawn PrimaroloIn couple families the applicants receive the Working Families Tax Credit (WFTC) payments in their wage packets, or into accounts nominated by them, or as order books which can be cashed by either partner. It is estimated that, in the 548,000 couples receiving WFTC at the end of August 2000, 412,000 of the applicants were female and 136,000 male.
116,000 of these couples had at least one child aged under one year at the application dates of the awards. 85,000 of the applicants in these couples were female and 31,000 male.
§ Ms KellyTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion families receiving Working Families Tax Credit are also entitled to(a) Housing Benefit and (b) Housing Benefit and Council Tax benefit. [150999]
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§ Dawn PrimaroloApplicants for the Working Families Tax Credit (WFTC) are not required to supply information on Housing Benefit (HB) and Council Tax Benefit (CTB). Claimants for HB and CTB are however required to supply information on WFTC, and I understand from the Department of Social Security that estimates of the numbers involved are expected to be available, in the coming months.
§ Mr. SarwarTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the take-up level of the Working Families Tax Credit in(a) Glasgow, (b) Scotland and (c) the United Kingdom. [151616]
§ Dawn PrimaroloEstimates of the number of families in each of these areas in receipt of the Working Families Tax Credit (WFTC) at August 2000 appear in the WFTC Quarterly Enquiry, a copy of which is in the Library.