§ 7. Mr. Jim MurphyTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement about the impact of the Working Families Tax Credit in Scotland. [114014]
§ Dr. ReidWe estimate that around 70,000 families in Scotland have taken up the Working Families Tax Credit.
§ 14. Mr. HoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the criteria under which people living in Scotland will be able to take up the Working Families Tax Credit. [114021]
§ Dr. ReidThe Working Families Tax Credit is available to families, either couples or lone parents, who have one or more children; work at least 16 hours a week; are resident in the UK and entitled to work here and have savings of £8,000 or less. We estimate that the WFTC could provide help to 130,000 families in Scotland and that the current take-up in Scotland is around 70,000 families.
§ 17. Mr. WorthingtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what reports he has received on the impact of the Working Families Tax Credit on the Scottish economy. [114024]
§ Dr. ReidThe Working Families Tax Credit, along with other measures we have taken, will lift an estimated 60,000 Scottish children out of poverty by the year 2002.