Welfare Tax Credits

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) couples and (b) couples with household incomes of over £50,000 are claiming tax credits, broken down by region. (152317)

The information requested is provided in the following table.

*Table 1: average number of families benefiting from tax credit awards in each country and each government office region of England, 2005-06 (couples only)*
		Income used to taper in-work awards
	All families	Over £50,000
United Kingdom	3,643	139
England	3,024	117
North East	172	5
North West	439	15
Yorks and The Humber	344	10
East Midlands	290	10
West Midlands	360	11
East	333	15
London	321	14
South East	445	24
South West	320	11
Wales	196	5
Scotland	294	13
Northern Ireland	115	4
Foreign and not known	13	0

Volume 463: debated on Tuesday 24 July 2007