(2) how much was paid out in child tax credits in (a) the UK, (b) the North East, (c) the Tees Valley and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in each year since they were introduced.
Estimates of the average number of families benefiting from tax credits including information on average annual entitlements in each Government office region, local authority and parliamentary constituency, based on final family circumstances and incomes, are available in the HMRC publication “Child and Working Tax Credits Statistics Finalised annual awards. Geographical analyses”, for each relevant year. These publications are available on the HMRC website at:
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/personal-tax-credits/cwtc-geog-stats.htm.