Treasury written question – answered at on 10 February 2014.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer
(1) how much was overpaid in tax credits by HM Revenue and Customs in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12;
(2) what proportion of overall tax credits payments in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12 were found to be overpayments.
HMRC tax credit overpayment figures are available in the Finalised Child and Working Tax Credits statistics annual award supplement on payments located here:
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/statistics/fin-main-stats/cwtc-awards-sup.xls on the ‘Main Aggregates’ table.
HMRC total tax credit expenditure figures are available in the Finalised Child and Working Tax Credits statistics located here:
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/statistics/fin-main-stats/cwtc-awards.xls in Table 1.1.
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