Children's Tax Credit (Hansard, 6 March 2001)

§ Helen Jones
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many families in Warrington, North constituency he expects to receive the children's tax credit. [151946]

§ Dawn Primarolo
An estimate of the number of families in the Warrington, North constituency who will be eligible to claim the children's tax credit (CTC) is unavailable, but an estimate of the number of families in the North West region of England who will be eligible to claim CTC is 625,000.

§ Mr. Matthew Taylor
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his answer of 10 January 2001 to the hon. Member for Northavon (Mr. Webb),Official Report, column 568W, on children's tax credit, how many taxpayers would be affected by changing the tapers in each of the options. [151017]

§ Dawn Primarolo
The estimated number of taxpayers affected by reducing the annual threshold at which the Children's Tax Credit (CTC) begins to be tapered away for 2001–02 is given in the table:
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Reduction to CTC threshold Estimated number of taxpayers affected

£1,000 500,000

£2,000 600,000

£3,000 700,000

£4,000 800,000

£5,000 900,000

Reduction to CTC threshold	Estimated number of taxpayers affected
£1,000	500,000
£2,000	600,000
£3,000	700,000
£4,000	800,000
£5,000	900,000