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Written question asked by Chris Ruane (Labour) on Wednesday, 26 November 2014, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 28 November 2014. It was answered by Priti Patel (Conservative) on Monday, 1 December 2014 on behalf of the Treasury.

Welfare Tax Credits: Denbighshire

Question

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in each ward of (a) the Vale of Clwyd and (b) Denbighshire have received tax credits in each of the last five years.

Answer

The number of households in receipt of Tax Credits for 2012-13 and 2011-12 are available at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-tax-credits-statistics, in the publications ‘Personal tax credits: Finalised award statistics - geographical statistics’ of each tax year. Information for Denbighshire can be found in Table 2 of each publication and information for the Vale of Clwyd can be found in Table 3.

Years prior to 2011-12 are available at http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121103084242/http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/personal-tax-credits/final-award-geog.htm and can be found in the publications ‘Child and Working Tax Credits Statistics Finalised annual awards- Geographical analyses’.

HM Revenue and Customs does not record the number of people in receipt of a Tax Credit award as awards are calculated on a household basis and so the figures provided in the referenced publications are the number of households in receipt of Tax Credits. Households are interpreted by HM Revenue and Customs as single or couple claimants, with or without children.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
216067
Session
2014-15
Transferred
Yes
Subjects
Welfare tax credits Denbighshire
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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