Child Tax Credit

HC Deb 07 May 2003 vol 404 cc680-1W

Mr. Brady

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what change has taken place in the number of(a) physical and (b) verbal assaults on Inland Revenue staff the introduction of child tax credit. [111834]

Dawn Primarolo

The child tax credit was introduced on 6 April 2003 alongside working tax credit. Physical and verbal assaults on Inland Revenue staff have always been uncommon and remain so.