§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what percentage of the total expenditure on working families tax credit went to each income decile in each year since the introduction of the working families tax credit; [50061]
(2) what percentage of the total expenditure on family credit went to each income decile in each of the last five years of family credit payments. [50060]
§ Dawn Primarolo[holding answer 16 April 2002]: The estimated distribution for working families tax credit (WFTC) in 2000–01 is shown in the table. Note that to derive their decile groups people are ranked by their net incomes including WFTC.
Estimates for other years, and reliable estimates for family credit, are not available.
Percentage of total weekly expenditure on WFTC in each decile group of income, 2000–011 Decile group of income2 Percentage of WFTC expenditure Bottom 11 2 20 3 20 4 16 5 14 6 9 7 to 10 (Top)3 10 Total 100 1 Estimated from families reporting receipt of WFTC in the 2000–01 Family Resources Survey. The estimates are subject to sampling error. They are rounded to the nearest 1 per cent., but should not be taken as accurate to this level. 2 Recipients of WFTC have been allocated to the decile group of income of the household in which they live (the household may include other people as well as the family in question). The decile group of each household is established by ranking individuals by the net income of the household, equivalised using the McClements scale. Net income is defined as including WFTC, after deducting tax and national insurance contributions, and before deducting housing costs. 3 The small sample size means that separate reliable estimates for the four top decile groups are not available.