§ Ms BuckTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the number of households which will become eligible for the new child care tax credit from October in each region of England and Wales; and what the projected change is in the number of claimants as compared with the family credit child care disregard. [90642]
§ Dawn PrimaroloI regret that it is not possible to provide reliable estimates of the number of families who will receive the childcare tax credit as part of the Working Families' Tax Credit for each Government Region in England and Wales.
§ Ms BuckTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many households in each region of England and Wales he estimates will become entitled to working families tax credit in October; how many additional households in each region will receive working families tax credit 245W compared with family credit; and what proportions these figures represent of the number of households in work in each region. [90641]
Government office region Number of families in receipt of Working Families' Tax Credit Percentage of families in work Number of families in receipt of Working Families' Tax Credit who would not have received Family Credit Percentage of families in work England — — — — North East 70,000 9 20,000 3 North West 170,000 8 40,000 2 Yorkshire and The Humber 120,000 9 40,000 3 East Midlands 110,000 7 50,000 3 West Midlands 160,000 9 60,000 3 East of England 130,000 7 50,000 3 London 140,000 7 50,000 3 South East 150,000 5 70,000 2 South West 110,000 7 40,000 3 Wales 60,000 8 30,000 3 Total England and Wales 1,220,000 7 430,000 3 Note:
Figures for families are rounded to the nearest thousand and may not sum to totals.
§ Ms BuckTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the(a) average and (b) maximum additional benefit is for claimants of working families tax credit as compared with family credit for each region in England and Wales. [90643]
§ Dawn PrimaroloIt is estimated that in 2000–01, the first full year of the Working Families Tax Credit, the average weekly gain for families in receipt of the credit, compared with Family Credit, is £24. This includes families who would not have been in receipt of Family Credit. Estimated average gains for each region of England and Wales are given in the table.
The maximum gain from the Working Families Tax Credit depends upon the circumstances of individual families, in particular the number of children and the expenditure on eligible child care. It is not possible to forecast what this maximum gain will be.
£ Government Office Region Average weekly gain from Working Families Tax Credit England North East 28 North West 22 Yorkshire and the Humber 24 East Midlands 25 West Midlands 24 East of England 22 London 23 South East 27 South West 22 Wales 22