HC Deb 14 January 2004 vol 416 c813W
Mr. Gale

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many outstanding family tax credit cases were awaiting processing on 31 December 2003. [146842]

Dawn Primarolo

[holding answer 12 January 2004]: There are currently around 20,000 claims (60 per cent. of which have been received in the past four weeks) which are waiting further information or being verified.