Working Families Tax Credit (Hansard, 27 March 2000)

§ Mr. Willetts
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much he estimates will be spent in(a)1999–2000 and (b)2000–01 on the Working Families Tax Credit broken down between (i) basic tax credit, (ii) 30 hour tax credit, (iii) the child tax credits, broken down by age of child and (iv) the childcare tax credit. [115284]

§ Dawn Primarolo
[holding answer 20 March 2000]: It is not possible to provide a split of total expenditure between types of credit. The amount of award payable is reduced for families whose incomes are above the threshold, and this reduction is applied to the total value of all credits taken together.

§ Dr. Jack Cunningham
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the take-up rate for Working Families Tax Credit in(a) Cumbria and (b) Copeland; and if he will make a statement. [115143]

§ Dawn Primarolo
[holding answer 20 March 2000]: It is estimated that 7,600 families in Cumbria had been awarded the Working Families Tax Credit by the end of February 2000, of which 1,100 were families in Copeland.

§ Miss Geraldine Smith
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in Morecambe and Lunesdale have benefited from Working Families Tax Credit since its introduction. [115715]

§ Dawn Primarolo
It is estimated that 1,800 families in the Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency have been awarded the Working Families Tax Credit by the end of February 2000.
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§ Mr. Kidney
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many residents of Stafford constituency have(a) applied for and (b) received working families tax credit; and what has been the average award. [115569]

§ Dawn Primarolo
It is estimates that 1,400 families in the Stafford constituency have been awarded the Working Families Tax Credit (WFTC) by the end of February 2000.
It is not possible to provide a reliable estimate of the average value of these awards. However, for the United Kingdom as a whole the average value of WFTC awards made up to the end of February 2000 was £71.48 per week, and for the West Midlands region the average was £72.42 per week.

§ Ms Harman
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many families with children in Southwark he estimates are eligible for working families tax credit; [114840]
(2) how many people in Southwark were in receipt of (a) family credit and (b) the child care allowance in each of the last five years. [114835]

§ Dawn Primarolo
It is estimated that 2,800 families in Southwark have been awarded the Working Families Tax Credit by the end of February 2000.
Nationally, about 10 per cent. of awards of Working Families Tax Credit include a child care tax credit. There are too few cases in the 5 per cent. sample used for these analyses to provide a reliable estimate of the number of awards with a child care tax credit in Southwark.

§ Dr. Gibson
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what was the annual expenditure by Government on(a) working families tax credit and (b) childcare tax credit in Norwich in each of the last five years; [115100]
(2) how many families in Norwich are eligible for working families tax credit; [115097]
(3)how many people in Norwich are in receipt of (a) working families tax credit and (b) childcare tax credit. [115098]

§ Dawn Primarolo
It is estimated that 2,400 families in Norwich have been awarded the working families tax credit by the end of February 2000. Nationally, about 10 per cent. of awards of working families tax credit include a childcare tax credit. There are too few cases in the 5 per cent. sample used for these analyses to provide reliable estimates of the number of awards with a childcare tax credit in Norwich, or of expenditure on awards in Norwich.