Working Families Tax Credit (Hansard, 14 January 2003)

HC Deb 14 January 2003 vol 397 c514W 514W

§ Mr. Willis
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many families with children aged 16 to 19 are claiming Working Families Tax Credit. [90916]

§ Dawn Primarolo
At August 2002 there were 187,000 families receiving Working Families' Tax Credit who, at the application dates, had one or more children who were aged 16 to 18 and who were in full-time education up to "A" level or equivalent standard. This is subject to seasonal variation; there were 159,000 such families at November 2001, 166,000 at February 2002 and 183,000 at May 2002.