§ Mr. LilleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how much of the current expenditure on family credit would be reclassified as negative taxation if converted into an equivalent working families tax credit. [31389]
§ Dawn Primarolo[holding answer 26 February 1998]: I have been asked to reply.
Past and current expenditure on family credit is classified as part of General Government expenditure in the national accounts; outturn data for family credit would continue to be recorded in that way if family credit was replaced.
The treatment of any payments under a working families tax credit, if introduced, would need to be decided in the light of the details of any scheme which may be announced in the Budget.