HC Deb 21 December 1999 vol 341 cc579-80W
Mr. Willetts

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what communications he has had with the OECD this year about the treatment of tax credits in the public accounts. [103658]

Dawn Primarolo

My officials are in regular contact with their counterparts at the OECD, concerning many issues to do with revenue statistics, including the treatment of tax credits.

Mr. Willetts

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his latest estimate of the costs to businesses of administering the working families tax credit; and by what mechanisms he proposes to reimburse businesses for these costs. [103660]

Dawn Primarolo

These figures are contained in the Regulatory Impact Assessment, published on 3 December.

Mr. Willetts

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what communications he has had this year with Eurostat about the treatment of tax credits in the public accounts. [103659]

Dawn Primarolo

My officials are in regular contact with their counterparts in Eurostat, concerning many issues to do with the national accounts, including the treatment of tax credits.

Mr. Willetts

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place in the Library a copy of the OECD's guidelines on the treatment of tax credits in the public accounts. [103657]

Dawn Primarolo

The conventions underlying the OECD figures for international comparisons of tax revenues can be found in the 1999 edition of "Revenue Statistics", published by the OECD.

Mrs. Ellman

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the total amount of money that will be payable annually to eligible claimants for working families tax credit and child care credits in(a) Liverpool, Riverside and (b) Liverpool. [103931]

Dawn Primarolo

Reliable estimates of the amounts that will be paid to those eligible for Working Families' Tax Credit and child care tax credit in Liverpool, Riverside and Liverpool are not yet available.