Disabled Persons Tax Credit (Hansard, 2 April 2001)

HC Deb 02 April 2001 vol 366 c87W 87W

§ 32. Mr. Tynan
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will make a statement on the expected take-up of the Disabled Persons Tax Credit announced in the Budget. [154891]

§ Mr. Bayley
The Disabled Person's Tax Credit was introduced in October 1999. Almost 27,000 disabled people who are in work benefited from the Disabled Person's Tax Credit at October 2000. This is over 8,000 higher than the number who benefited from Disability Working Allowance at its peak.