Results 1-20 of 1,682 for working tax credit

Written Answers — Treasury: Social Security Benefits: East Renfrewshire (21 May 2013) See 1 other result from this answer

Jim Murphy: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in East Renfrewshire constituency were in receipt of (a) child benefit, (b) working families tax credits, (c) incapacity benefit, (d) disability living allowance and (e) income support in May (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013.

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Social Security Benefits: Merseyside (21 May 2013)

Mark Hoban: ...Haringey. It will be introduced at a national level from 15 July 2013. Also, estimates assume that the situation of these households will go unchanged, and they will not take any steps to either work enough hours to qualify for working tax credit, renegotiate their rent in situ, or find alternative accommodation. The Department is identifying and writing to all the households who are...

Mesothelioma Bill [HL] — Second Reading (20 May 2013)

Lord Howarth of Newport: ...bringing the Bill to the House. He is a good man who has fallen into bad company. He has had to present a number of pretty miserable policies to the House. However, we should recognise that he has worked long and hard to develop this scheme and today he brings us, by his standards, very good news indeed. We should also express measured appreciation of the insurance industry and the ABI....

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Universal Credit (IT System) (20 May 2013)

Iain Duncan Smith: Let me remind the right hon. Gentleman of a quote from the Institute for Fiscal Studies about the way we are rolling the system out. It said: “The level of problems caused to tax credit claimants and employers as the new tax credit systems went live in April 2003 demonstrated that there were undetected gaps in the design of the testing regime for the systems.” This system is a...

Economy: Growth — Motion to Take Note (16 May 2013)

Baroness Kramer: ...where it offered no resilience. I can understand how the Labour Government got there. They bought into the idea that boom and bust had ended and that there would be a constant flow of substantial tax receipts coming from the financial services industry and that they therefore could let loose the leash on both spending and borrowing because there would be a constant flow of money coming...

Queen’s Speech — Debate (5th Day) (15 May 2013)

Lord Northbrook: ...the able leadership of my noble friend Lord Wei. Every aspect of our visit was excellently planned, from the detailed FCO briefing before we left to the full programme while we were there. Further credit is due to the Hong Kong Government and the consul-general there, Caroline Wilson, for their superb organisation and interest in hearing our feedback. The British Chamber of Commerce...

Economic Growth (15 May 2013) See 3 other results from this debate

Danny Alexander: I certainly do remember that visit, and I commend the hon. Gentleman for his work to secure that investment, along with many members of the Government, not least my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. The Prime Minister has also worked very closely with Siemens in relation to that. My answer to the question is no, I do not think an in/out referendum or...

Written Answers — Treasury: Welfare Tax Credits (15 May 2013)

David Gauke: The following table gives the number of households with children and two adults, where both adults earn above the personal allowance, which are and are not in receipt of working or child tax credits, in 2013-14 and 2014-15.   2013 2014 In receipt of tax credits 202,000 177,000 Not in receipt of tax credits 2,175,000 2,147,000 Total 2,377,000 2,324,000 Figures are...

Written Answers — Treasury: Welfare Tax Credits (15 May 2013)

David Gauke: The following table gives the number of UK households with children and a single adult and are in receipt of working or child tax credits, and their position in relation to the personal allowance, in 2013-14 and 2014-15. Regional breakdowns cannot be provided due to small sample sizes.   2013-14 (Personal allowance = £9,440) 2014-15 (Personal allowance = £10,000) ...

Cost of Living (14 May 2013) See 8 other results from this debate

Chi Onwurah: ...heard. Instead of blaming those struggling to get by for not having jobs that are not there, the Prime Minister should listen to what they have to say. The Government argue that by attacking the public sector, giving tax breaks to millionaires and reducing tax credits for working people, we will liberate individual entrepreneurship. I can testify to the entrepreneurship of many Geordies....

Queen’s Speech — Debate (4th Day) (14 May 2013) See 1 other result from this debate

Baroness Hollis of Heigham: ...promised both a health and social care Bill and a new single state pension. Why does this new single state pension matter so much? It matters because private occupational pensions do not really work for those with few other assets, the low paid, the self-employed, part-time workers, those with caring responsibilities and, above all, women. Think about it. To get a useful occupational...

Written Answers — Treasury: Autumn Statement: Upratings (14 May 2013) See 1 other result from this answer

Chris Ruane: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of working households that will be affected by the changes to the uprating of tax credits and other payments announced in the autumn statement 2012.

Written Answers — Treasury: Working Tax Credit (14 May 2013)

Stephen Timms: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many households in receipt of the childcare element of working tax credit claimed for the maximum eligible childcare costs for (a) one child and (b) two or more children; and how many such households incurred childcare costs in excess of these limits in each year since 2005-06.

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Universal Credit (14 May 2013)

Sarah Champion: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of families who will receive universal credit and have one or more members in work but will not have a member eligible to pay income tax in 2015-16.

Queen's Speech — Debate (3rd Day) (13 May 2013) See 2 other results from this debate

Lord Razzall: ...to accept that the UK crisis since 2008 is different from that in the 1930s. In the 1930s, we did not see the difficulties in the banking sector that we have had since 2008. Indeed, in his classic work, Keynes hardly mentioned the problems of the banking sector. If we take banking assets relative to GDP, the UK has the biggest banking sector of any major industrial country. The banking...

Health and Social Care (13 May 2013)

Nicholas Soames: ...of having either too much or too little in their Queen’s Speeches. As my hon. Friend the Member for Banbury (Sir Tony Baldry) rightly said in his excellent contribution, however, they are works in progress. I congratulate the Government on bringing forward a measured and carefully thought-out programme, which has been welcomed by my constituents and which will make a positive...

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Social Security Benefits: Greater London (13 May 2013)

Mark Hoban: ...level from 15 July 2013. The figures in the table for Bromley, Croydon, Enfield and Haringey are estimates only of the number of households who may be affected in the year 2013-14. Also, these estimates assume that the situation of these households will go unchanged, and they will not take any steps to either work enough hours to qualify for working tax credit, renegotiate their rent in...

Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Fraud (13 May 2013)

Nick Hurd: ...for the first time ever a cross-departmental taskforce. The Taskforce on Fraud, Error and Debt is a group that brings together Ministers and senior officials from across central Government to work collaboratively on solutions to tackle fraud and error, collect debt more effectively, and improve the administration of grants. The taskforce meets to review progress several times a year. It...

Jobs and Business (10 May 2013) See 1 other result from this debate

Iain Duncan Smith: ...I am rewriting statistics. She will see from the letter written to me today by the UK Statistics Authority that no mention is made of that. I continue to believe, absolutely correctly, that the work of the cap will help and will lead to people getting jobs. That was the whole purpose, which is why we left those on tax credits off the cap. I believe that people are moving into work, and...

Home Affairs (9 May 2013) See 6 other results from this debate

Gemma Doyle: ...though things will be changing any time soon. Currently in my constituency, more than 12 people are chasing every job—and, almost unbelievably, the number has been as high as 40 people out of work for every advertised job in the last three years. In fact, I frequently hear of jobs—part-time jobs that do not require any skills or qualifications—for which more than 100...