Written question asked by John Battle (Labour) on Thursday, 1 December 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 5 December 2005. It was answered by Baroness Primarolo (Labour) on Wednesday, 7 December 2005 on behalf of the Treasury.

Benefits (Leeds, West)

Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in Leeds West constituency were in receipt of (a) family credit, (b) working families tax credit, (c) disabled person's tax credit, (d) child tax credit and (e) working tax credit in each of the last eight years in which the credit was payable.

Answer: Estimates of the number of families who were receiving family credit broken down by region are not available. Estimates of the number of recipient families of working families' and disabled person's tax credits from 2001–2002 broken down by constituency appear in the quarterly WFTC and DPTC Geographical Analyses. These publications can be found on the Inland Revenue website, at:"http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/personal-tax-credits/menu.htm"Comparable estimates of the number of in-work families (broken down by families with and without children) in each region, local authority and constituency with tax credits for 2003–04 awards, based on final family circumstances and incomes for 2003–04, appear in the HMRC statistical publication ““Child and Working Tax Credits statistics. Finalised Awards 2003–04. Geographical analyses.””More recent provisional estimates for in-work families, as at selected dates in 2004–05, in each such area appear in the publication ““Child and Working Tax Credit Statistics Geographical Analyses.””Both of these publications can be found on the HMRC website at:"http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/personal-tax-credits/cwtc-geog-stats.htm."

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 35130; 440 c1322W;440 c1322W
Session: 2005-06
Subjects: Child tax credit Disabled persons tax credit Family credit Leeds Recipients Welfare tax credits Working tax credit Working families tax credit
Contains statistics: Yes
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