HC Deb 19 November 2002 vol 394 cc68-9W
Phil Sawford

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the percentage of families in the Kettering constituency which will benefit from the Child Tax Credit to be introduced next April. [80418]

Dawn Primarolo

Nine out of ten families with children will be eligible for the Child Tax Credit which will be introduced in April 2003.

Estimates of the number of families with children in the Kettering constituency that will benefit from the Child Tax Credit are not available, however an estimated 380,000 families with children in the East Midlands are expected to benefit from the Child Tax Credit.