HC Deb 28 June 2000 vol 352 c542W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many claimants of Family Credit there were in(a) the North-East region, (b) the City of Newcastle and (c) the constituency of Newcastle upon Tyne, Central in April 1997; what was the average payment of Family Credit in each area; how many claimants of the Working Families Tax Credit there are for (a), (b) and (c); and what has been the average payment of Working Families Tax Credit (i) with and (ii) without child care tax credit. [127880]

Dawn Primarolo

The estimated numbers of families in receipt of awards are as follows:

the child care tax credit are £88 per week and £70 per week, respectively. There are too few sample cases to provide reliable estimates of average awards at the local authority or constituency level.

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