HC Deb 09 February 2000 vol 344 c213W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will estimate the number of claims of family credit that were agreed to in the two months prior to the introduction of the Working Families Tax Credit. [109015]

Angela Eagle

In the two months prior to the introduction of Working Families Tax Credit in October 1999, there were 248,000 awards of Family Credit.

Notes:

1. Based on claims with a start date between I August 1999 and 30 September 1999.

2. Figure has been rounded to the nearest thousand.

3. 5 per cent. sample, therefore subject to sampling error.

Source:

Family Credit 5 per cent. sample.