Working Families Tax Credit

HC Deb 10 May 2001 vol 368 c278W

22. Mrs. Anne Campbell

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many families are in receipt of the Working Families Tax Credit; and how many families were in receipt of family credit in May 1997. [159900]

Dawn Primarolo

At November 2000, 1,168,000 families were in receipt of the Working Families Tax Credit. At May 1997, 775,000 families were in receipt of Family Credit.