§ Mrs. SpelmanTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the Bank of England's regional offices; and what their annual expenditure was in each of the last five years. [184976]
§ Ruth KellyThe following table provides the annual expenditure of the Bank's regional agencies for the last five years:
(2) what the length is of the average claim for childcare tax credit. [185704]
§ Dawn PrimaroloClaims for the childcare element of the working tax credit are made as part of a single claim for child and working tax credits. For the time taken to process such claims, I refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Truro and St. Austell (Matthew Taylor) on 8 September 2003,Official Report, columns 21–22W.