Hansard

Tax Credits

Volume 691: debated on Tuesday 1 May 2007

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The Earl of Mar and Kellie

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What is the take-up of tax credits among (a) eligible working families; (b) single parents; and (c) old-age pensioners in (i) Clackmannanshire, and (ii) Scotland. [HL3433]

Lord Davies of Oldham

Estimated take-up rates for tax credits among working families with children, broken down by country and government office region, are shown in table 9 of the HMRC publication Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit Take-up Rates 2004-05, available on the HMRC website at: www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/personal-tax-credits/takeup-rates2004-05.pdf. Tax credit take-up rate estimates are not available for the other breakdowns requested.