§ Mr. WebbTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if she will estimate the effect on the number of recipients of family credit of cutting the taper to(a) 65 per cent., (b) 55 per cent. and (c) 50 per cent. [12814]
§ Mr. Keith BradleyThe information is in the table:
Level of taper (per cent.) Increase in number of family credit recipients (000s) 65 35 55 175 50 285 1. Results are derived from the Policy Simulation Model based on the 1995–96 Family Resources Survey, uprated to 1997–98 caseload levels.
2. Caseload effects are rounded to the nearest 5,000 claimants.