Tax Credits (Hansard, 20 April 2004)

§ Geraldine Smith
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people have received overpayments of tax credits in the last 12 months. [165419]

§ Dawn Primarolo
I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave my hon. Friend the Member for Jarrow (Mr Hepburn) on 22 March,Official Report, columns 663–64W.

§ Geraldine Smith
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what problems there have been with the tax credit computer system. [165420]

§ Dawn Primarolo
I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Birmingham, Northfield (Mr Burden) on 8 December 2003,Official Report, columns 334–35W.

§ Mr. Ruane
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many claimants of child tax credit there are; and what the total funding was for 2003–04 for each(a) constituency and (b) region in the United Kingdom. [166672]

§ Dawn Primarolo
There were 4.6 million families with an award of Child Tax Credit on 5 January this year. Because Child Tax Credit is a national system of financial support there is no separately identifiable funding for each constituency and region of the UK. However, data on the number of families receiving Child Tax Credit in each constituency and region is available on the Inland Revenue's website, at: http://www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk/stats/personal-tax-credits.