(2) how many and what proportion of tax credit claims were disputed in each month between April 2003 and April 2008.
The Tax Credit Office does not separately record whether an overpayment is written off in part or in full.
For information up to and including 2007-08, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 13 October 2008, Official Report, columns 1010-11W.
The corresponding information for October and November 2008 is provided in the following table:
2008 Number of newly disputed overpayments October 20,900 November 15,700