Written question asked by David Heyes (Labour) on Monday, 10 July 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 20 July 2006. It was answered by Baroness Primarolo (Labour) on Thursday, 20 July 2006 on behalf of the Treasury.

Ashton-under-Lyne (Statistics)

Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many people in (a) the UK and (b) Ashton-under-Lyne have been overpaid working tax credits since their introduction;

Answer: For numbers of tax credit overpayments I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given to my right hon. Friend the Member for Birkenhead (Mr. Field) on 16 June 2006, Official Report, column 1421W.We do not produce statistics separately for child and working tax credits.In answer to the number of overpayments to claimants from Ashton-under-Lyne that have not been recovered, and their value, the information is not available in the format requested.

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