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795310

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Working Tax Credit: Lewisham Deptford
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been paid in working tax credits to people in Lewisham Deptford constituency in each year since 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	115731
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>Information on the amounts paid in Working Tax Credit to people in the Lewisham Deptford constituency in each year since 2013 can only be provided at disproportionate cost. Statistics on personal tax credits, including those entitled to Working Tax Credit, is produced at constituency level and published in Table 3 here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/622524/Child_and_Working_Tax_Credits_statistics_finalised_annual_awards_-_geographical_analysis_2015_to_2016.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/622524/Child_and_Working_Tax_Credits_statistics_finalised_annual_awards_-_geographical_analysis_2015_to_2016.pdf</a></p><p>This includes information on tax credit entitlements.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 05/12/2017 14:34:44 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

773911

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Working Tax Credit: Glasgow East
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of people in Glasgow East constituency who are eligible for but do not claim working tax credit payments.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow East
	tabling member printed	David Linden
	uin	108655
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2017 answer text <p>The information for Glasgow East is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC published Child Benefit, Child Tax Credit (CTC) and Working Tax Credit (WTC) take up rates 2014 to 2015 on 14<sup>th</sup> December 2016. This publication is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-benefit-child-tax-credit-ctc-and-working-tax-credit-wtc-take-up-rates-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-benefit-child-tax-credit-ctc-and-working-tax-credit-wtc-take-up-rates-2014-to-2015</a></p><p> </p><p>Table 9 (page 21) provides information on the CTC take up by region, but not parliamentary constituency. This table includes estimates of the number of entitled non-recipients, and are given as central estimates with upper and lower bounds. There is no equivalent table for WTC.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 108656 question first answered 27/10/2017 11:52:26 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4640 label Biography information for David Linden

783154

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Working Tax Credit: Denton and Reddish
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been paid through working tax credits to people in the Denton and Reddish constituency in each year from 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	111398
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2017 answer text <p>Information on the amounts paid through working tax credits to people in the Denton and Reddish constituency in each year from 2013 can only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 13/11/2017 13:59:40 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

789968

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Working Tax Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2017 to Question 111398, on Working Tax Credit: Denton and Reddish, if he will make it his policy to collect information on working tax credits at a constituency level.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	113308
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>Information on personal tax credits, including those entitled to working tax credits, is produced at constituency level and published in Table 3 here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/622524/Child_and_Working_Tax_Credits_statistics_finalised_annual_awards_-_geographical_analysis_2015_to_2016.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/622524/Child_and_Working_Tax_Credits_statistics_finalised_annual_awards_-_geographical_analysis_2015_to_2016.pdf</a></p><p>This includes information on tax credit entitlements.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 20/11/2017 11:42:51 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

748328

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Working Age Benefits: Wolverhampton
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) Wolverhampton and (b) Wolverhampton North East constituency qualified for (i) working tax credits and (ii) child tax credits in each financial year from 2009-10.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	2806
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The number of families in receipt of child and working tax credit in (a) Wolverhampton and (b) Wolverhampton North East constituency is published by HMRC and is available on the GOV website</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-tax-credits-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-tax-credits-statistics</a><strong>. </strong>The results have been reproduced in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="7"><p>Families in receipt of tax credits from 2009-10 to 2015-16 (in 000’s)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Working tax credit</p></td><td colspan="7"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wolverhampton</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td><td><p>2.6</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wolverhampton North East constituency</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td><td><p>1.0</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Child tax credit</p></td><td colspan="7"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wolverhampton</p></td><td><p>18.5</p></td><td><p>18.6</p></td><td><p>17.0</p></td><td><p>12.7</p></td><td><p>12.7</p></td><td><p>12.9</p></td><td><p>13.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wolverhampton North East constituency</p></td><td><p>6.8</p></td><td><p>7.2</p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td><td><p>4.8</p></td><td><p>4.8</p></td><td><p>4.8</p></td><td><p>4.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 10/07/2017 14:52:32 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

793075

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Winter Fuel Payment: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making winter fuel allowance taxable at the marginal rate paid by the recipient of that allowance.
	tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
	tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
	uin	114860
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>There will be no change to the universal nature of the Winter Fuel Payment for the length of this Parliament and there are no plans to tax Winter Fuel Payments.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 29/11/2017 12:27:46 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

788656

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Vale of Clwyd
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in the Vale of Clwyd received (a) working tax credits and (b) child tax credits in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	112551
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>The table below contains estimates of the number of claimants of working tax credits and child tax credits in the Vale of Clwyd.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Thousands</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>WTC only Claimants</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>CTC only Claimants</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>CTC &amp; WTC Claimants</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17*</p></td><td><p>0.5</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>0.7</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>3.1</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>3.1</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>3.2</p></td><td><p>2.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Note:</em></p><p><em>The figures above show claimants of WTC or CTC exclusively and claimants of both WTC and CTC.</em></p><p><em>* These figures are provisional and are subject to change once awards have been finalised. Finalisation usually takes 4-9 months to assess the impact of a claimant/s change in circumstance on an award.</em></p><p>This information is from Table 3 of HMRCs Child and Working Tax Credits Statistics: Finalised Annual Awards Geographical Analyses and Table 4 of HMRCs Child and Working Tax Credits Statistics: Provisional Award Geographical Analyses, which can be found at the following links:</p><p>(2012-13)</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/634469/main_geographical__1213-final_.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/634469/main_geographical__1213-final_.pdf</a></p><p>(2013-14)</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/634398/main_geographical__1314-final_.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/634398/main_geographical__1314-final_.pdf</a></p><p>(2014-15)</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/634389/main_geographical_1415-final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/634389/main_geographical_1415-final.pdf</a></p><p>(2015-16)</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/622524/Child_and_Working_Tax_Credits_statistics_finalised_annual_awards_-_geographical_analysis_2015_to_2016.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/622524/Child_and_Working_Tax_Credits_statistics_finalised_annual_awards_-_geographical_analysis_2015_to_2016.pdf</a></p><p>(2016-17)</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/613427/cwtc-geog-Apr17.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/613427/cwtc-geog-Apr17.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 21/11/2017 15:22:08 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

782066

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Underpayments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the amount of tax credit underpayments in each year since 2003.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
	uin	110822
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The number and total value of tax credits underpayments are available in the publication “Child and Working Tax Credits Statistics, Finalised Annual Awards Supplement on Payments in 2015-16”. The statistics are available on gov.uk at the following location:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/617181/Child_and_Working_Tax_Credits_statistics_finalised_annual_awards__supplement_on_payments_-_2015_to_2016.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/617181/Child_and_Working_Tax_Credits_statistics_finalised_annual_awards__supplement_on_payments_-_2015_to_2016.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The table on page 8 provides information on the amount of tax credit underpayments in each year since 2003-04, up until the latest available year of 2015-16.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 07/11/2017 15:38:15 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

834051

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Overpayments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to pages 6 and 7 of the HMRC Code of Practice 26, how much in tax credits overpayments has been written off due to error on the part of HMRC in each tax year from 2013-14 to 2016-17 inclusive.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	125808
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>The following table outlines the value of tax credit overpayments written off due to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) official error in each tax year between 2013-14 and 2016-17.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Tax Year</p></td><td><p>£ amount written off</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>50.7m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>57.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>30.8m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>28m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 05/02/2018 12:12:21 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

834254

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2018
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits: Overpayments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 154 of the HMRC Annual Report and Accounts 2016-17, how much in tax credits overpayments is written off due to the sums being time-barred under the provisions of the Limitation Act 1980 (or equivalent legislation applying in Scotland and Northern Ireland) in each tax year from 2013-14 to 2016-17 inclusive.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	125881
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>The Limitation Act 1980 does not prevent HMRC recovering tax credits overpayment. We can ask the customer to repay the debt regardless of how old it is. The Act only restricts the time in which HMRC can take court proceedings to recover the debt.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 05/02/2018 12:13:21 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens