§ Ms HarmanTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to make available replacement income through working families tax credit or benefit to persons normally in receipt of working families tax credit who take unpaid parental leave under the provision of the Employment Relations Bill. [83610]
§ Dawn Primarolo[holding answer 10 May 1999]There are currently no plans to provide replacement income through the Working Families Tax Credit for families where a person takes up their right to unpaid parental leave. But we continue to consider whether help should be given to people taking unpaid parental leave and how such help might be delivered.
§ Ms HarmanTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of how families(a) in receipt of and (b) not in receipt of the working families tax credit will make up for wages lost due to unpaid parental leave being taken under the provisions of the Employment Relations Bill. [83611]
§ Dawn Primarolo[holding answer 10 May 1999]Families may make up for wages lost due to unpaid parental leave in a variety of ways independent of whether they are in receipt of the working families tax credit. Consequently it would not be possible to make the assessment that is envisaged.