§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer under what circumstances a Working Families Tax Credit award can be amended, once finalised, due to a change in the claimant's circumstances. [125386]
§ Dawn PrimaroloThe circumstances by which a Working Families Tax Credit award can be amended, once finalised, are
If the applicant in a one-parent family dies, or both the applicant and their partner in a two-parent family dies.If the family breaks up during an award period and Working Families Tax Credit, Disabled Person's Tax Credit, Income Support or income based Jobseeker's Allowance are awarded to someone else for a child who was included in the original award.If the only child in the family in a WFTC award is aged 16 or over and leaves full-time non-advanced education.
§ Ms BuckTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the average Working Families Tax Credit payment in each region of the UK for those households making claims in the six months October 1999 to April 2000(a) in gross terms and (b) net of housing benefit and council tax benefit. [125414]
§ Dawn PrimaroloThe average weekly value of Working Families Tax Credit (WFTC) awards made in the six months from October 1999 to the end of March 2000 are estimated to be as follows:
£ Region Average weekly value of awards North East 70.97 North West 73.17 Yorkshire and Humberside 72.59 East Midlands 71.21 West Midlands 73.72 East of England 70.44 London 75.08 South East 70.70 South West 69.81 Wales 71.37 Scotland 70.55 Northern Ireland 76.34 United Kingdom 72.09 Note:
The figures for the regions of England, for Wales and for Scotland are estimates based on a 5 per cent. sample of awards, and are therefore subject to sampling error.
No reliable estimate of the overall effect of WFTC on Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit for families receiving WFTC can yet be made, for the reasons given in my reply to my right hon. Friend the Member for Birkenhead (Mr. Field) on 12 June 2000, Official Report, column 459W.