§ Mr. WillettsTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions for what reason tax credits are no longer included in the benefit expenditure tables available on the Department's website. [100789]
§ Mr. McCartneyThe information was inadvertently omitted from Tables 1 and 2 of the Benefit Expenditure Tables on the Department's website. All the missing information is given in the following tables.
The tables on the website have now been updated to include this information.
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Table 2: Real benefit and tax credit expenditure—pre-Budget report 2002 forecasts £ million, 2002–03 prices War Pensions Northern Ireland expenditure
Total United Kingdom expenditure
Personal Tax Credits (expenditure component)
Total United Kingdom benefit and tax credit
expenditure
1991–92 1,276 2,576 90,089 — 90,089 1992–93 1,481 2,830 99,097 — 99,097 1993–94 1,606 3,083 105,990 — 105,990 1994–95 1,413 3,230 107,762 — 107,762 1995–96 1,507 3,350 109,593 — 109,593 1996–97 1,569 3,454 110,513 — 110,513 1997–98 1,451 3,431 108,558 — 108,558 1998–99 1,385 3,474 108,217 — 108,217 1999–2000 1,344 3,516 109,526 1,174 110,700 2000–01 1,462 3,503 109,583 4,867 114,450 2001–02 1,262 3,640 112,641 4,966 117,606 2002–03 1,187 3,706 114,383 5,665 120,048 2003–04 1,123 3,762 116,681 7,651 124,332 2004–05 1,056 3,739 116,340 10,791 127,132 2005–06 1,016 3,793 117,779 11,729 129,508 Note:
War Pensions, Northern Ireland expenditure and Personal Tax Credits expenditure provided by HM Treasury. Historic information provided by the relevant Departments. Figures converted to 2002–03 prices using the pre-Budget report out-turn, estimates and forecasts for the GDP deflator.