Treasury written question – answered at on 9 October 2006.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer
(1) how many (a) automated and (b) manual tax credit payments have been made in each month since April 2003; and if he will make a statement;
(2) how many interim payments of tax credits have been made in each (a) month and (b) quarter since April 2003; and if he will make a statement.
The approximate numbers of automated tax credits payments made in each month since April 2003 are given in the following table.
Month/year | Number of automated payments (Thousand) |
April 2003 | 8,500 |
May 2003 | 9,000 |
June 2003 | 9,650 |
July 2003 | 11,250 |
August 2003 | 10,450 |
September 2003 | 11,050 |
October 2003 | 11,700 |
November 2003 | 10,250 |
December 2003 | 13,000 |
January 2004 | 10,400 |
February 2004 | 10,400 |
March 2004 | 12,450 |
April 2004 | 12,650 |
May 2004 | 13,350 |
June 2004 | 13,650 |
July 2004 | 13,750 |
August 2004 | 12,450 |
September 2004 | 12,950 |
October 2004 | 12,250 |
November 2004 | 12,150 |
December 2004 | 14,350 |
January 2005 | 10,600 |
February 2005 | 11,450 |
March 2005 | 13,800 |
April 2005 | 14,250 |
May 2005 | 14,100 |
June 2005 | 14,900 |
July 2005 | 14,150 |
August 2005 | 14,100 |
September 2005 | 14,100 |
October 2005 | 12,950 |
November 2005 | 13,200 |
December 2005 | 15,300 |
January 2006 | 12,500 |
February 2006 | 12,800 |
March 2006 | 14,700 |
April 2006 | 13,950 |
May 2006 | 16,600 |
For the numbers of manual, including interim, payments made since April 2003, I refer the hon. Member to the answers I gave him on
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