HC Deb 18 January 2001 vol 361 cc387-8W
Mr. Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Paisley, South (Mr. Alexander) of 11 January 2001,Official Report, column 607W, on family incomes, if he will revise the table to include those families dependent on (a) family income supplement, (b) family credit and (c) working families tax credit. [146012]

Mr. Bayley

Information on family income supplement is not available in the format requested. However, information on the number of families receiving family income supplement is in the table.

Number of families receiving Family Income Supplement, Great Britain 1978–79 to 1987–88
Number of families (000)
1978–79 78
1979–80 86
1980–81 110
1981–82 139
1982–83 182

Number of families receiving Family Income Supplement, Great Britain 1978–79 to 1987–88
Number of families (000)
1983–84 202
1984–85 199
1985–86 201
1986–87 218
1987–88 213

Note:

1. Family Income Supplement was replaced by Family Credit in April 1988

2. Figures are at March of each year

Children in families receiving Family Credit, Great Britain 1988–99
Number of children (000) Proportion of children under 16 in Great Britain (%)
1988 388.5 3.5
1989 591.6 5.3
1990 629.9 5.6
1991 691.2 6.1
1992 772.7 6.8
1993 923.4 8.0
1994 1,044.2 9.0
1995 1,141.5 9.8
1996 1,291.8 11.1
1997 1,396.4 11.9
1998 1,428.3 12.2
1999 1,462.1 12.5

Notes:

1. Numbers are given at a point in time of May each year

2. Children are defined as aged 0–15

3. Number are based on a 5 per cent. sample data and are therefore subject to a degree of sampling error

4. Caseload figures for 1988 to 1990 are not completely accurate and they therefore may be a slight underestimate

Source:

Family Credit Statistics Quarterly Enquiries, May 1988-May 1999

Children in families receiving Working Families' Tax Credit, Great Britain, 2000
Number of children (000) Proportion of children under 16 in Great Britain (%)
2000 (May) 1,856.9 15.9
2000 (August) 1,976.1 16.9

Notes:

1. Numbers are given at a point in time. Two sets of information are given for 2000: May and August, which is the latest available date

2. Figures are rounded to the nearest hundred and are expressed in thousands

3. Working Families' Tax Credit replaced Family Credit in October 1999

4. Children are defined as aged 0–15 at the application date

5. Numbers are based on a 1 in 20 sample and are therefore subject to a degree of sampling error