Income Tax

Mr. Mullin

17. To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent representations he has received on the basic rate of income tax; and if he will make a statement. (322201)

Treasury Ministers and officials receive representations from a wide range of organisations and individuals. As was the case with previous Administrations, it is not the Government’s practice to provide details of all such representations.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many and what proportion of those in receipt of (a) working tax credit only, (b) child tax credit only and (c) working tax credit and child tax credit pay (i) standard rate and (ii) higher rate income tax. (318389)

The information requested is provided in the following table.

*Tax Credits received at April 2008Number of families with taxpayers*¹*, by the highest rate of tax paid by at least one adult in the familyProportion of families with taxpayers*¹*(%)*
	Basic rate²	Higher rate	Basic rate²	Higher rate³
Working Tax Credit (WTC)	280,000	0	77	0
Child Tax Credits (CTC)	2,470,000	210,000	69	6
CTC and WTC	1,310,000	0	76	0
¹ Income from savings and investments is not included in the tax calculation ² This includes families that had starting rate income taxpayers ³ This includes families that had basic and higher rate income taxpayers

Volume 507: debated on Tuesday 16 March 2010