Total real spending of (a) child benefit, (b) child tax credit and (c) child trust fund, using 2004-05 prices for the years requested are tabled as follows.
Child benefit Child tax credit Child trust fund1 1990-91 7.3 — — 1991-92 7.9 — — 1992-93 8.3 — — 1993-94 8.7 — — 1994-95 8.6 — — 1995-96 8.6 — — 1996-97 8.8 — — 1997-98 8.7 — — 1998-99 8.7 — — 1999-2000 9.7 — — 2000-01 9.8 — — 2001-02 9.8 — — 2002-03 9.8 — — 2003-04 9.7 9.1 — 2004-05 9.6 11.1 — 2005-06 9.5 12.1 0.8 2006-07 — — 0.2 1 Government endowments.
For 2006-07, expenditure on child benefit is expected to be similar to that in 2005-06. No separate forecast is available for child tax credit.