§ Mr. WebbTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer for what reason the claim form of working families' tax credit does not ask if claimants are currently receiving income support; and what plans he has to include this question in future versions of the form. [74844]
§ Dawn PrimaroloThe qualifying conditions for Income Support and Working Families' Tax Credit are mutually exclusive to the extent that Income Support is available to people who work for less than 16 hours a week and Working Families' Tax Credit is available to people who work 16 hours or more a week. There are no plans to amend the Working Families' Tax Credit claim form.
§ Mr. WebbTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff are employed by the Inland Revenue to work on anti-fraud measures in respect of the working families' tax credit; and what plans he has to take on additional staff for anti-fraud work in respect of his new system of tax credits. [74852]
§ Dawn PrimaroloAs at 17 October 2002, there are a total of 755 Inland Revenue staff involved in investigating possible incorrect applications for Working Families' Tax Credit (WFTC) and Disabled Persons' Tax Credit (DPTC). We are currently developing our staffing plans for the introduction of Child Tax Credit (CTC) and Working Tax Credit (WTC), the likely number of staff which will be involved in this work is approximately 1,100.
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