§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many(a) inquiries have been received by the Working Families Tax Credit Inquiry Line and (b) successful claims for working families tax credit have been made by residents of Pendle. [100626]
§ Dawn PrimaroloThe response line for the Working Families Tax Credit and the Disabled Persons Tax Credit had handled 762,000 inquiries up to the 24 November. Reliable estimates for the numbers in receipt of the Working Families Tax Credit in Pendle are not yet available.
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§ Mr. WebbTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the number of recipients of the working families tax credit who are benefiting from the child care tax credit. [100670]
§ Dawn PrimaroloIt is estimated that 224,000 claims for Working Families Tax Credit were granted during October. Of these, it is provisionally estimated that about 26,000 are in receipt of the child care tax credit.
§ Mr. Paul MarsdenTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many families in(a) Shrewsbury and Atcham and (b) Shropshire will benefit from the working families tax credit; by how much; and if he will make a statement. [100590]
§ Dawn PrimaroloReliable estimates for the numbers in receipt of the Working Families Tax Credit in Shrewsbury and Atcham and in Shropshire county are not yet available. It is estimated that in 2000–01 for the UK as a whole, the first full year of the Working Families Tax Credit, about 1.4 million families will enjoy the more generous help provided by the new scheme. Families in receipt of the credit will receive on average £24 a week more than they would on Family Credit.