Treasury written question – answered at on 23 February 2009.
Alan Milburn
Labour, Darlington
To ask the Chancellor of the exchequer what average payment has been made by parents into Child Trust Fund accounts in (a) Darlington Constituency, (b) County Durham, (c) the North East and (d) England in each year since the scheme's inception.
Ian Pearson
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Economic and Business), Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform, Economic Secretary (Economic and Business), HM Treasury
The Detailed Distributional Analysis, including details of contributions made by parents and others was published on
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/child_trust_funds/dda-oct08.pdf
Constituency level data, including the number of vouchers issued and parental account opening figures, on child trust fund accounts were published on
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In a general election, each Constituency chooses an MP to represent them. MPs have a responsibility to represnt the views of the Constituency in the House of Commons. There are 650 Constituencies, and thus 650 MPs. A citizen of a Constituency is known as a Constituent
