Treasury written question – answered at on 23 February 2009.
Douglas Carswell
Conservative, Harwich
To ask the Chancellor of the exchequer what recent estimate his Department has made of the proportion of families in Tendring in receipt of child tax credits currently receiving the incorrect amount.
Stephen Timms
Financial Secretary (HM Treasury) (also in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills)
The information is not available in the format requested. Estimates of the number of families with tax credit awards, including information on overpayments and underpayments by Constituency, based on final family circumstances and incomes, for the years 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06 and 2006-07 are available in the HMRC publications 'Child and Working Tax Credits Statistics. Finalised Annual Awards. Supplement on Payments. Geographical Analysis', for each relevant year. These publications are available on the HMRC website at:
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/personal-tax-credits/cwtc-geog-stats.htm
End of year adjustments are not incorrect payments: they are a consequence of the flexible system of tax credits that means that families can get extra support when their needs are greatest.
Yes4 people think so
No2 people think not
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