§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what his latest estimate is of expenditure during the financial year 2001–02 on working families tax credit; and what expenditure was on(a) family income supplement and (b) family credit during their final years of operation at (i) current prices and (ii) 2001 prices; [11674]
(2) how many households are in receipt of working families tax credit; what the take-up rate is; and what the take-up rate was of (a) family income supplement and (b) family credit, in their (i) first and (ii) final years of operation. [11673]
§ Dawn PrimaroloI have been asked to reply.
The number of families in receipt of working families tax credit (WFTC) is published in the WFTC Quarterly Enquiries, copies of which are in the Library.
Estimating the take-up rate for working families tax credit requires, among other things, detailed household survey data for 2000-01. These are not yet available for analysis.
Estimates of take up rates for income-related benefits for Great Britain are published in the annual statistical series "Income Related Benefits Estimates of Take-Up", which is available in the House of Commons Library. Family income supplement (FIS) was introduced in 1971. Estimates of its take-up rate for 1986 and 1987 are available in the 1987 publication, combined with selected earlier combined years back to 1974–75. FIS was replaced by family credit in 1988. Estimates of its take-up rate in 1988 and 1989 were published in the 1989 edition. Estimates for the final year of family credit were published in the 1998–99 edition.
439WTable C14 of the Financial Statement and Budget Report contains projections of expenditure on the working families tax credit (WFTC) and disabled person's tax credit made at the time of the Budget, including for 2001–02. Approximately 94 per cent. relates to expenditure on WFTC in Great Britain.
I understand from the Department for Work and Pensions that expenditure on family income supplement in 1987-88 and expenditure on family credit in 1998-99, both in Great Britain, can be found on their website, www.dss.gov.uk/asd/asd4/Expenditure.htm, tables 8 and 9. There are various ways of converting these amounts to constant prices, including adjusting for movements in the gross domestic product deflator, which is published by the Office for National Statistics.
Minimum pay for lecturers, senior lecturers and principal lecturers in pre and post–1992 universities and colleges £ per annum Pre–1992 Post–1992 Lecturer A Lecturer B Senior Lecturer Lecturer Senior Lecturer Principal Lecturer 1992 13,400 19,352 25,969 10,902 19,755 23,841 1993 13,601 19,642 26,359 11,067 20,052 24,189 1994 14,756 20,133 27,018 12,756 20,553 24,804 1995 15,154 20,677 27,747 13,100 20,381 25,474 1996 15,593 22,143 29,464 13,480 21,720 26,213 1997 16,045 21,894 30,318 13,871 22,350 26,973 1998 16,045 22,332 30,924 14,148 22,797 27,512 1999 18,185 23.521 31,563 14,398 23,199 27,998 2000 19,482 24,227 32,510 18,769 23,880 29,847 2001 20,066 24,954 33,485 19,191 24,417 30,519 2002 20,470 25.455 34,158 19,575 24,906 —