Written question asked by Lord Willetts (Conservative) on Tuesday, 10 April 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 11 May 2001. It was answered by Baroness Primarolo (Labour) on Friday, 11 May 2001 on behalf of the Treasury.

Treasury

Question: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many one earner couples are on the children's tax credit taper or above children's tax credit entitlements who would be entitled if their income was divided equally between them as a two earner couple; how many families are expected to (a) receive the full children's tax credit, (b) receive a partial children's tax credit because their income is too low to receive a full credit and (c) receive a partial children's tax credit because their income is too high to receive a full credit; how many families are (a) on the children's tax credit taper and (b) ineligible for the children's tax credit because their earnings are above the threshold for entitlement; and how many of these are (i) one-earner couples, (ii) two-earner couples and (iii) single parents. - Will write.

Answer: Mr. Willetts: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many one earner couples are on the Children's Tax Credit taper or above Children's Tax Credit entitlements who would be entitled if their income was divided equally between them as a two earner couple; [158696] (2) how many families are expected to (a) receive the full Children's Tax Credit, (b) receive a partial Children's Tax Credit because their income is too low to receive a full credit and (c) receive a partial Children's Tax Credit because their income is too high to receive a full credit; [158712] (3) how many families are (a) on the Children's Tax Credit taper and (b) ineligible for the Children's Tax Credit because their earnings are above the threshold for entitlement; and how many of these are (i) one- earner couples, (ii) two-earner couples and (iii) single parents. [158688] Dawn Primarolo: I will write to the hon. Gentleman.

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