HC Deb 21 December 2000 vol 360 cc332-3W
Mr. Willetts

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many families are eligible for the working families tax credit; [142480]

(2) how many recipients of the working families tax credit are receiving it via the payroll; [142481]

(3) in how many families the working families tax credit is paid to (a) a woman and (b) a man. [142479]

Dawn Primarolo

For the number of families eligible for the Working Families Tax Credit (WFTC), I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 16 November 2000,Official Report, column 757W. For the number of families where WFTC is paid to (a) a woman and (b) a man, and for the number receiving it via the payroll, I refer to my letters to the hon. Member of 22 September and 19 October, respectively. Copies of these letters are already available in the Library.

Mr. Brady

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people who are eligible for Working Families Tax Credit have been paid compensation for delays or errors in payment. [142462]

Dawn Primarolo

[holding answer 12 December 2000]: 95. In such circumstances, the Inland Revenue's Code of Practice allows for these ex-gratia redress payments to be made.