§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what estimate his Department has made of the number of families with children up to(a) three years old and (b) five years old who are eligible to receive the childcare tax credit; [937]
(2) how many families with children up to (a) three years old and (b) five years old (i) receive child benefit and (ii) are in receipt of the childcare tax credit; and what was the annual cost in the last year for which figures are available. [936]
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§ Dawn PrimaroloAt November 2000, 50,000 families with a child up to three years old were receiving the childcare tax credit within Working Families Tax Credit and Disabled Person's Tax Credit. The total extra payment to these families due to the childcare tax credit was £2.2 million per week. 85,000 families with a child up to five years old were receiving the childcare tax credit. The total extra payment to these families was £3.5 million per week.
I understand from the Department for Work and Pensions and the Northern Ireland Department for Social Development that, at November 2000, 2.0 million families with a child up to three years old were receiving child benefit totalling £30.8 million per week, and 2.7 million families with a child up to five years old were receiving £45.6 million per week.