§ Mr. WillettsTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many families have been in receipt of(a) family credit and (b) the working families tax credit in each month since May 1997. [121035]
§ Angela EagleFamily Credit was replaced with Working Families Tax Credit (WFTC) from 5 October 1999.
The information is in the table.
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Numbers of families in receipt of family credit and WFTC, for each month from May 1997 Thousand Month Family credit WFTC Total May 1997 748 — 748 June 1997 760 — 760 July 1997 764 — 764 August 1997 758 — 758 September 1997 761 — 761 October 1997 763 — 763 November 1997 766 — 766 December 1997 751 — 751 January 1998 754 — 754 February 1998 761 — 761 March 1998 767 — 767 April 1998 767 — 767 May 1998 767 — 767 June 1998 785 — 785 July 1998 786 — 786 August 1998 783 — 783 September 1998 785 — 785 October 1998 786 — 786 November 1998 791 — 791
Numbers of families in receipt of family credit and WFTC, for each month from May 1997 Thousand Month Family credit WFTC Total December 1998 780 — 780 January 1999 780 — 780 February 1999 789 — 789 March 1999 792 — 792 April 1999 793 — 793 May 1999 791 — 791 June 1999 801 — 801 July 1999 797 — 797 August 1999 784 — 784 September 1999 758 — 758 October 1999 625 253 878 November 1999 464 467 931 December 1999 365 567 932 January 2000 249 703 952 February 2000 109 877 986 March 2000 — 994 994 Notes:
- 1. These figures, and in particular the WFTC figure for March. exclude awards made after March and backdated.
- 2. Figures are for Great Britain only.
- 3. Sample size 5 per cent., therefore subject to sampling error.
- 4. Figures have been rounded to the nearest thousand.
Source:
Family Credit/Working Families Tax Credit 5 per cent. sample of awards.