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Child Tax Credit

Volume 400: debated on Monday 24 February 2003

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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total budgetary provision is for the introduction of the new Child Tax Credit in each of the first three years of its operation, broken down by (a) the budgetary provision for payment of the estimated sums due to recipients, (b) the promotional and advertising costs associated with the Child Tax Credit and (c) the publishing costs of documentation sent to potential applicants.[97915]

(a) The budgetary provision for payments for the Child Tax Credit is £8.3 billion in 2003–04, £11.7 billion in 2004–05 and £13.1 billion in 2005–06.

(b) The promotional and advertising costs associated with the Child Tax Credit cannot be separated from the costs for the Working Tax Credit. For promotional and advertising costs for both credits, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave the hon. Member for Havant (Mr. Willetts) on 15 October 2002, column 603W. Since the question was answered, further spending on promoting and advertising the new tax credits means that current expenditure stands at about £9.75 million.

(c) The current cost of sending out claim packs to potential applicants is approximately £400,000.