HC Deb 07 December 1999 vol 340 c522W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate how many claimants of Family Credit,(a) with and (b) without child care disregards, there were in the City of Newcastle upon Tyne, what the average estimated value was of each credit payment and child care disregard, in 1997; and how many claimants of Working Family Tax Credit, working families tax credit child care payments, Disabled Persons Tax Credit, and DPTC child care payments there are in Newcastle upon Tyne at present, with the average value of payment in each case. [101845]

Dawn Primarolo

As at August 1997 there were 4,300 Family Credit cases within the Newcastle upon Tyne Local Authority district, with an average weekly award of Family Credit of £62.84. The number of cases with allowed child care costs is too small to provide a reliable estimate at this level. Reliable estimates for the numbers in receipt of the Working Families' Tax Credit and Disabled Persons' Tax Credit in Newcastle upon Tyne are not yet available.