§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many claimants of Family Credit there were in(a) Newcastle City and (b) Newcastle upon Tyne, Central in 1997; what the average benefit for a (i) full-time and (ii) part-time worker was; how many claimants of Working Families Tax Credit there are; and what the average benefit was for a (1) full-time and (2) part-time worker. [153036]
§ Dawn PrimaroloAt May 1997 there were an estimated 4.2 thousand families receiving Family Credit (FC) in the Newcastle upon Tyne local authority and 1.2 thousand in the Newcastle upon Tyne, Central constituency.
For estimates of the number of families receiving the Working Families Tax Credit (WFTC) at August 2000, I refer my hon. Friend to my answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Lancaster and Wyre (Mr. Dawson) on 22 January 2001, Official Report, column 425W.
There is no single definition of what comprises full-time work. The table shows the estimated average value of FC awards in May 1997, and of WFTC awards at August 2000, to families in the north-east region in each band of hours worked. There are too few cases in the 5 per cent. sample used for these analyses to yield reliable separate estimates for Newcastle City and Newcastle upon Tyne, Central.
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Families in the north-east region receiving Family Credit at May 1997, and Working Families Tax Credit at August 2000, by band
of hours normally worked by the main earner: number and
average weekly values of the awards
Hours normally worked per week by main earner Families receiving Family Credit at May 1997 (thousand) Average weekly value of award (£) Families receiving Working Families Tax Credit at August 2000 (thousand) Average weekly value of award (£) 16 less than 20 13.5 69 16.0 92 20 less than 24 5.8 65 8.3 87 24 less than 30 3.9 58 4.6 80 30 less than 36 5.7 64 9.3 78
Families in the north-east region receiving Family Credit at May 1997, and Working Families Tax Credit at August 2000, by band
of hours normally worked by the main earner: number and
average weekly values of the awards
Hours normally worked per week by main earner Families receiving Family Credit at May 1997 (thousand) Average weekly value of award (£) Families receiving Working Families Tax Credit at August 2000 (thousand) Average weekly value of award (£) 36 less than 40 8.4 40 15.3 57 40 and over 8.7 52 12.3 64 All cases 45.9 58 65.8 75 Note:
Estimates based on 5 per cent. sample of awards, and therefore subject to sampling error.