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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1037895/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Information on the number of claimants in receipt of Working Tax Credits and Child Tax Credits who have received overpayments in the last ten years are published in HMRCs Child and Working Tax Credits statistics: finalised annual awards, supplement on payments 2016-2017, published on 28<sup>th<\/sup> June 2018.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Data for overpayments can be found within the \u201cMain aggregate\u201d tab in the publication tables.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>This publication can be found at: <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-finalised-annual-awards-supplement-on-payments-2016-to-2017\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-finalised-annual-awards-supplement-on-payments-2016-to-2017<\/a><\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people claiming (a) working tax credits and (b) child tax credits have received overpayments in each year of the last 10 years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of over-payments by HMRC to claimants in 2017.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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