To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in West Chelmsford were released from (a) working and (b) child tax credit repayments in each of the last four years. (148546)

The information is available only at disproportionate cost.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in West Chelmsford have been (1) overpaid (a) working and (b) child tax credits in each of the last four years; (148547)

Estimates of the numbers of families with tax credits awards, including overpayments and underpayments by constituency, based on final family circumstances and incomes, for the years 2003-04, 2004-05 and 2005-06 are available in the HMRC publication “Child and Working Tax Credits. Finalised Awards. Supplement on Payments. Geographical Analysis”, for each relevant year. These publications and provisional estimates for the number of families with tax credit awards, by constituency, as at selected dates in 2006-07 are available on the HMRC website at:

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/personal-tax-credits/cwtc-geog-stats.htm