To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) families and (b) individuals are in receipt of (1) working tax credit in (i) Scotland, (ii) Glasgow and (iii) Glasgow, South West constituency; (270801)

Estimates of the number of families benefiting from child and working tax credits in each Government office region, local authority and parliamentary constituency are available in the latest HMRC provisional awards snapshot publication, “Child and Working Tax Credits Statistics Geographical analyses” for December 2008. The publication is available on the HMRC website at:

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

HMRC do not produce these statistics separately for child tax credit and working tax credit.