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Treasury

Answer

Hugh Bayley: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in (a) York, (b) North Yorkshire and (c) Yorkshire and the Humber were in receipt of each of the tax credits or predecessor benefits (i) at the latest date for which figures are available and (ii) in each year since 1995; and how much on average each of the tax credits was worth to its recipients in each year. [191225] Dawn Primarolo: Child and working tax credit were introduced in April 2003. Sample-based estimates of the number of recipient families in each area at July 2003 and January 2004 appear in the published geographical analyses. No estimates of average awards will be available until these awards are finalised. Working families' and disabled person's tax credits were available from October 1999 to March 2003. Sample-based estimates of the number of recipient families in each region, and their average awards, appear in the published Quarterly Enquiries from October/November 1999 to January/February 2001, with estimates of the number of recipient families in each local authority and constituency also appearing from April/May 2000. From May 2001 to November 2002, counts and average awards appear for each area in the published geographical analyses, which are based on data for all cases. All these publications can be found on the Inland Revenue website, at www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk/stats/ personal-tax-credits/menu.htm. Children's tax credit was available in 2001-02 and 2002-03. A sample-based estimate of 360 thousand families in Yorkshire and the Humber benefited in 2001-02, with an average value of £470. No reliable estimates are available below regional level, and estimates for 2002-03 are not yet available. Family credit was the predecessor benefit to working families tax credit. Sample-based estimates of the number of recipient families in each region, and their average awards, are shown in the published Quarterly Enquiries, copies of which are available in the Library of the House. Counts of the numbers of recipient families in each local authority at March 1999 and August 1999 are shown within Neighbourhood Statistics at the National Statistics website, www.statistics.gov.uk. under the subject "Economic deprivation". I understand from the Department for Work and Pensions that counts for earlier periods, and average awards, could not be compiled without incurring disproportionate costs.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

425 c1059-60W; 191225

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Child tax credit Disabled persons tax credit Family credit Recipients Working families tax credit Welfare tax credits Working tax credit Yorkshire and the Humber

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