Welfare Tax Credits: Complaints
Treasury
Written answers and statements, 16 October 2008
Jennifer Willott (Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Work & Pensions; Cardiff Central, Liberal Democrat)
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many complaints from customers over tax credits his Department has received in each (a) year and (b) month since tax credits were introduced, broken down by type of complaint; and if he will make a statement.
Stephen Timms (Financial Secretary, HM Treasury; East Ham, Labour)
For information up to and including February 2008, I refer the hon. Member to the answer my predecessor gave Danny Alexander on
Information for the period March 2008 to September 2008 is provided in the following table.
| 2008 | Number of complainants (approximate) |
| March | 2,950 |
| April | 3,500 |
| May | 2,700 |
| June | 3,650 |
| July | 4,450 |
| August | 3,300 |
| September | 3,850 |
Detailed information on the types of complaints, some of which often cover a range of subjects, is not available.