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Written question asked by Bob Ainsworth (Labour) on Thursday, 4 September 2014, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 9 September 2014 (named day). It was answered by Priti Patel (Conservative) on Monday, 6 October 2014 on behalf of the Treasury.


Welfare Tax Credits

Question

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) child tax credits and (b) working tax credits claimants in (i) Coventry, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) England were paid in error in each of the last five years.

Answer

This information is not available for i and ii.

The estimated number of tax credit claims paid out incorrectly in the claimants favour, due to either error or fraud, in the United Kingdom in each of the last five years is provided in Table 2 in:

2008/09: http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121103084242/http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/personal-tax-credits/cwtcredits-error0809.pdf

2009/10: http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121103084242/http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/personal-tax-credits/cwtcredits-error0910.pdf

2010/11: http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130414062148/http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/statistics/fin-error-stats/cwtcredits-error.pdf

2011/12:

http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140206214602/http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/statistics/fin-error-stats/cwtcredits-error.pdf

2012/13:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-error-and-fraud-statistics-2012-to-2013


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
208172
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Welfare tax credits
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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