§ Mr. WillettsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set out the case load and take-up estimates and assumptions referred to in footnotes 2, 3 and 4 of Table 4.4 on page 79 of the Budget Red Book. [51721]
§ Dawn PrimaroloColumn 2 of Table 4.4 of the Budget 2002 report is based on the levels of housing benefit and council tax benefit take-up in 1997–98, which came from an analysis of the 1 per cent. sample of the Housing Benefit Management Information System, and on actual case load numbers for those receiving family credit in 1997–98.
Columns 3 and 4 of this table are based on the levels of housing benefit and council tax benefit take-up in 1999–2000 and on projected case load numbers for those receiving working families tax credit or disabled persons tax credit in 2002–03 and new tax credits in 2003–04, respectively.