Written question asked by Louise Ellman (Labour) on Tuesday, 6 March 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 8 March 2012. It was answered by David Gauke (Conservative) on Monday, 12 March 2012 on behalf of the Treasury.

Working Tax Credit: Liverpool Riverside

Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the effect on families in Liverpool, Riverside constituency of changes in working tax credit eligibility rules to be introduced in April 2012.

Answer: For the number of couples with children working between 16 and 23 hours per week and who are in receipt of working tax credit in Liverpool, Riverside we refer the hon. Member to the answer given to PQ 88172 on 10 January 2012, Official Report, column 72W.The measure to restrict eligibility to working tax credit to 24 hours for couples with children is part of a range of reforms to the tax credits system announced at the spending review.Estimating the effect on families from an individual measure does not give a clear indication of the full monetary impact on an individual household.The Government published estimates of the distributional impact of the packages of announced tax and benefit measures which can be found at:"http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/d/junebudget_annexa.pdf""http://cdn.hm-treasury.gov.uk/sr2010_annexb.pdf"

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