Children's Tax Credit

HC Deb 10 July 2000 vol 353 c442W

Mr. Sarwar

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many families he expects to benefit from implementation of the Children's Tax Credit in(a) Scotland and (b) the United Kingdom. [129925]

Dawn Primarolo

It is estimated that about five million families in the UK will benefit from the introduction of the Children's Tax Credit, of which about 400,000 are in Scotland.