Estimates of the number of families with tax credit awards, including those entitled to the family element of child tax credit only are published in table 2.1 of our provisional awards snapshot publication, “Child and Working Tax Credit Statistics, December 2008”. The publication is available on the HMRC website at:
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/personal-tax-credits/cwtc-dec08.pdf
The information requested is available only at a disproportionate cost.
However, estimates of the number of families in receipt of tax credit, including information on lone-parent families by age bands, are published in table 3.1 of the HMRC snapshot publications, “Child and Working Tax Credit Statistics” as at 4 December of each year. The publications are available on the HMRC website at:
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/personal-tax-credits/cwtc-quarterly-stats.htm