To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many children in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency and (b) the London Borough of Bexley had received child trust fund payments by the latest date for which figures are available. (288228)

The most recent constituency level statistics on child trust fund accounts were published on 6 November 2008 and can be viewed on the HM Revenue and Customs website at:

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/ctf/cons-stats-oct08.pdf

There were 11,700 children born before 6 April 2007 in the London borough of Bexley who have a child trust fund account.