To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in the Dewsbury area (a) are eligible for the working family tax credit and (b) have benefited from the working family tax credit in the last year for which figures are available. [98319]

Information about the numbers eligible for working families tax credit (WFTC) is not available by constituency or by local authority.The number of recipients of WFTC and disabled person's tax credit in each local authority and in each constituency are shown in "Working Families' and Disabled Person's Tax Credit Statistics. Geographical analyses" for each quarter. Copies are on the Inland Revenue website, www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) families and (b) individuals in Nottingham benefit from the working families tax credit. [98255]

The number of families with children in each local authority receiving Working Families Tax Credit or Disabled Person's Tax Credit in each quarter is shown in "Working Families' and Disabled Person's Tax Credit Statistics: Geographical analyses", which is available on the web site www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk. This also shows how many of these families are headed by lone parents, the rest being headed by couples, and the number of dependent children in the families.