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93754

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what reports he has received of problems experienced by hon. Members using the dedicated MP tax credit hotline; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	210921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>HM Revenue &amp; Customs (HMRC) acknowledges that there have been some recent telephony issues which have affected the service provided via their dedicated MP Hotline. HMRC have taken steps to resolve the issue and the MP Hotline facility is now fully operational.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 21/10/2014 16:47:53 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

91904

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many claimants of (a) child tax credit and (b) working tax credit reported a change of circumstances in 2013-14; in how many such cases payments were suspended while the change of circumstances was processed; and what the average amount per claimant was of such suspended payments.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
uin	209533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>HMRC do not hold the requested data and there would be a disproportionate cost attached to obtaining it.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 15/10/2014 14:51:08 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

90613

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	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.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Mr Bob Ainsworth
uin	208172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2014 answer text <p>This information is not available for i and ii.</p><p> </p><p>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:</p><p>2008/09: <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121103084242/http:/www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/personal-tax-credits/cwtcredits-error0809.pdf" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121103084242/http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/personal-tax-credits/cwtcredits-error0809.pdf</a></p><p>2009/10: http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121103084242/http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/personal-tax-credits/cwtcredits-error0910.pdf</p><p>2010/11: <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130414062148/http:/www.hmrc.gov.uk/statistics/fin-error-stats/cwtcredits-error.pdf" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130414062148/http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/statistics/fin-error-stats/cwtcredits-error.pdf</a></p><p>2011/12:</p><p>http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140206214602/http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/statistics/fin-error-stats/cwtcredits-error.pdf</p><p>2012/13:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-error-and-fraud-statistics-2012-to-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-error-and-fraud-statistics-2012-to-2013</a></p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 06/10/2014 14:10:20 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	306 label Biography information for Mr Bob Ainsworth

65404

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many new claims were paid in April 2014 for (a) working tax credit and (b) child tax credit.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	203727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>Data relating to the volume of Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit awards is published by bi-annually and can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/305891/cwtc-apr14.pdf." target="_blank"><strong>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/305891/cwtc-apr14.pdf.</strong></a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There would be a disproportionate cost attached to providing the information for the specific month in question.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 07/07/2014 16:48:07 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

64896

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Welfare Tax Credits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what average value of tax credits were paid to claimants who were (a) out of work, (b) self-employed and (c) employed in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	203325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The following table is based on finalised tax credits administrative data for each financial year. The latest data available are 2012-13.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Tax Year</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p>Average tax credit award for households who are classified as 'in work'</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average tax credit award for households who are classified as 'out of work'</p></td><td><p>Households who are classified as self employed only</p></td><td><p>Households who are classified as employed only</p></td><td><p>Households who are classified as both employed and self employed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>£4,300</p></td><td><p>£5,800</p></td><td><p>£2,800</p></td><td><p>£3,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>£4,700</p></td><td><p>£6,500</p></td><td><p>£3,300</p></td><td><p>£3,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>£5,000</p></td><td><p>£6,800</p></td><td><p>£3,700</p></td><td><p>£4,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£5,200</p></td><td><p>£6,900</p></td><td><p>£3,900</p></td><td><p>£4,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£5,600</p></td><td><p>£7,200</p></td><td><p>£4,500</p></td><td><p>£4,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£6,000</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£7,600</del> <ins class="ministerial">£<ins>7,500</ins></ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£6,300</del> <ins class="ministerial">£<ins>6,200</ins></ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£6,400</del> <ins class="ministerial">£<ins>6,000</ins></ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These figures have been rounded to the nearest £100.</p><p> </p><p>Data from earlier years is only available at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The increase in average tax credit awards in 2012-13 can largely be explained by the removal of the ‘Second Income Threshold’ in April 2012. This policy removed a number of higher income households from the tax credit population. As higher income households generally have lower tax credit awards, the effect of removing these households increases the average award.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan question first answered 07/07/2014 14:06:19 question first ministerially corrected 24/03/2015 11:54:34 answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes previous answer version 8139 answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Nicky Morgan answering member 4027 label Biography information for Baroness Morgan of Cotes
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves