HC Deb 30 April 2002 vol 384 cc721-2W
Mr. Webb

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the(a) total cost and (b) cost per claimant of administering (i) working families tax credit, (ii) children's tax credit, (iii) child tax credit and (iv) working tax credit in the last 12 months. [50991]

Dawn Primarolo

I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answers given to the hon. Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire (Mr. Kirkwood) on 9 November 2001,Official Report, column 438W, and the hon. Member for Truro and St. Austell (Matthew Taylor) on 29 June 2000, Official Report, column 590W.

1999–2000
Departments HC No. Cmd No.1 Laid Published Workign days between laying and publishing
Armed Forces Pension Scheme—MOD 4 — 13 December 2000 13 December 2000 0
British Trade International — — — — —
Cabinet Office — 5053 30 March 2001 5 July 2001 64
Cabinet Office: Civil Superannuation — 5061 30 March 2001 29 March 2001 -1
Central Office for Information 190 — 31 January 2001 19 April 2001 54
Charity Commission 191 — 31 January 2001 28 March 2001 40
Crown Estate 192 — 31 January 2001 19 April 2001 54
Crown Prosecution Service 193 — 31 January 2001 30 March 2001 42
Customs & Excise 165 — 31 January 2001 31 January 2001 0
DCMS 181 — 31 January 2001 31 January 2001 0
Defence—MOD Consolidated 50 — 31 January 2001 1 February 2001 1
Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions — 5054 30 March 2001 29 March 2001 1-1

(2) what have been the total salary costs of each of the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible in each of the last five years. [50294]

Dawn Primarolo

The information is as follows:

There is no administrative cost attached to child tax credit and working tax credit in 2000–01.