Working Tax Credit

Mr. Gauke
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many claims for working tax credits for households without children there were in the most recent period for which figures are available; and what the total expenditure on those claims was in that period.

John Healey
Estimates of the number of families without children claiming working tax credits in 2004-05, including information on total expenditure on these claims, is available on the HMRC website at:

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/personal-tax-credits/cwtc-annual-0405.pdf

Figures for 2005-06 are due to be published on 22 May.