§ Mr. WillettsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many Children's Tax Credit forms have been sent out; how many completed forms have been returned; and how many forms have been returned by people who are ineligible for the credit. [134542]
§ Dawn PrimaroloThe Inland Revenue does not generally hold information to enable it to identify which taxpayers have children so to maximise the number of eligible people applying it made a point of sending the claim form out widely. Some 7.8 million forms have been sent out to PAYE taxpayers and, by 20 October 2000, 2.6 million forms have been returned. Self-employed taxpayers can claim in the normal way when they receive their tax return for the year beginning April 2001. There are no figures available on the number of people who have returned the form and are ineligible for the credit.