§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the current number of claimants of family credit in each region and nation; what proportion of this number are owner occupiers; and if he will estimate the number of beneficiaries of the working families tax credit in each region and nation on the basis of present proposals and incomes, separately identifying the proportion who would be owner occupiers. [36393]
§ Dawn Primarolo[holding answer 30 March 1998]: Estimates of the number of claimants of Family Credit by region appear in the Family Credit Quarterly Statistical Enquiry (Table 9.1). The Government have made no regional estimates of the number of beneficiaries of the Working Families Tax Credit.
The Government estimate that about half of those entitled to the Working Families Tax Credit will be owner-occupiers.