§ Mr. WillettsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many parents have(a) been eligible for and (b) received the higher child tax credit in respect of a child under one in each year since it was introduced. [171600]
§ Dawn PrimaroloThe child tax credit, which includes a baby addition to the family element, and a disregard for families receiving income support or income-based jobseeker's allowance and who have a child aged under one, have been available from April 2003.
Estimates of the numbers benefiting appear in Table 3.2 of "Child and Working Tax Credits. Quarterly Statistics. April 2004", and the footnote to that table. This document is available on the Inland Revenue website at: www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk/stats/personal-tax-credits/menu.htm No estimate of the number of families eligible for such help will be available until the Family Resources Survey for 2003–04 has been analysed.
§ Mr. BorrowTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many families in South Ribble have received child tax credits. [171996]
§ Dawn PrimaroloI refer my hon. Friend to my answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Burton (Mrs. Dean) on 15 March 2004,Official Report, column 98W.