HC Deb 01 March 2004 vol 418 cc715-6W
Mr. Webb

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the letter of 2 December 2003 from the Paymaster General to the hon. Member for Northavon, on tax credits compensation, if he will list the(a) compensation claims submitted and (b) compensation payments made. [147990]

Dawn Primarolo

At 27 February, approximately 7,200 claims for compensation had been upheld. This represents about one twelfth of a per cent. of all claims received for tax credit awards. Approximately 255 claims had been considered and not upheld by that date.