§ Mr. WillettsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many claimants of the Working Families' Tax Credit and the Disabled Person's Tax Credit have earnings below the lower earnings limit to national insurance. [111311]
§ Dawn PrimaroloIt is estimated that there have been 704,500 awards of the Working Families' Tax Credit up to the end of January 2000. Of these about 100,000 were where the single person or the main earner in a couple was earning less than the lower earnings limit of £66 per week.
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Employees on adult rates, whose pay for the survey period was unaffected by absence Percentage earning Gross hourly earnings excluding overtime (£) £3.60 £3.61-£3.80 £3.81-£4.00 £4.01-£4.50 Wales Full-time 0.8 1.4 1.9 5.6 Part-time 5.6 6.6 7.3 14.2 All 1.9 2.6 3.1 7.6 Source:
New Earnings Survey, April 1999 (GB)