§ Mr. FieldTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer of 30 October 2000,Official Report, column 261W, on benefits expenditure, if he will reproduce the table on the assumption that working families tax credit is a means-tested benefit. [137300]
§ Mr. RookerThe information is in the table.
Contributory, means-tested with tax credits and other benefits as a proportion of total benefits and tax credits Percentage Contributory Means-tested Others 1995–96 46 36 18 1996–97 46 35 19 1997–98 46 34 20 1998–99 47 33 20 1999–2000 47 32 22 Note:
Working families tax credit and disabled persons tax credit have been included in the means-tested benefits. This causes a 1 per cent. increase in the proportion of means-tested benefits for 1999–2000 to 32 per cent.
Source:
Departmental report 2000, Spending Review 2000.