Staff Union Duties Mr. Bercow To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff in his Department, agencies and non-departmental public bodies receive paid leave to undertake union duties; how many days they are allocated; and what has been the cost to public funds in 2002. [106735] Ruth Kelly The information relating to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Departments is set out in the table. Dawn Primarolo I refer the hon. Member to my answer to the hon. Member for Havant (Mr. Willetts) on 19 March 2003, Official Report, column 760W. Mr. Webb To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many child and working tax credit application reminder notices were issued in each of the last six months. [108482] Dawn Primarolo 3.6 million reminders to claim were sent out in November 2002, 2.2 million in February 2003 and 2.2 million in March 2003. Mr. Spring To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people he estimates in Suffolk are eligible for (a) the Child Tax Credit and (b) the Working Tax Credit; and how many people he estimates will take up these credits in 2003–04. [108628] Dawn Primarolo It is estimated that (a) 460,000 families are expected to receive the Child Tax Credit and (b) 90,000 families are expected to receive the Working Tax Credit in the Eastern region in 2003–04. Mr. Willetts To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many tax credit application forms have been sent out and how many completed application forms have been received, broken down by month. [106484] Dawn Primarolo [holding answer 1 April 2003]: The cumulative monthly figures to the end of February 2003 are as follows. ---------------- |Month1 | ---------------- |August 2002 | ---------------- |September 2002| ---------------- |October 2002 | ---------------- |November 2002 | ---------------- |December 2002 | ---------------- |January 2003 | ---------------- |February 2003 | ---------------- Mr. Webb To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many families (a) were entitled to and (b) received the children's tax credit. [108484] Dawn Primarolo For the number of benefiting families, I refer the hon. Member to paragraph 5.11 of the April 2002 Economic and Fiscal Strategy Report. HC 592.---------------------------------- |Department | ---------------------------------- |HM Customs and Excise |www.hmce.gov.uk| ---------------------------------- |HM Customs and Excise |www.uktradeinfo.com| ---------------------------------- |HM Customs and Excise |www.hmce-recruitment.org.uk/|No figures. Site closed March 2003| ---------------------------------- |HM Treasury |http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/| ---------------------------------- | | ---------------------------------- |Inland Revenue |www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk/| ---------------------------------- |Government Actuary's Department | ---------------------------------- |Royal Mint |www.royalmint.com/| ---------------------------------- |National Savings and Investments|www.nsandi.com| ---------------------------------- |Office for National Statistics |www.statistics.gov.uk/| ---------------------------------- |Debt Management Office |www.dmo.gov.uk| ---------------------------------- | |www.pwlb.gov.uk| ---------------------------------- | |www.crnd.gov.uk| ---------------------------------- |Office of Government Commerce |www.ogc.gov.uk| ---------------------------------- | |www.sds.ogc.gov.uk| ---------------------------------- | |www.gps.ogc.gov.uk| ---------------------------------- | |www.cot.ogc.gov.uk| ---------------------------------- | |www.pfi.ogc.gov.uk| ---------------------------------- | |www.supplyinggovernment.gov.uk| ---------------------------------- |Office of Government Buying |www.ogcbuyingsolutions.gov.uk| ---------------------------------- |Solutions |www.gcat.gov.uk| ---------------------------------- | |www.scat.gov.uk| ---------------------------------- | |www.watermark.qov.uk| ---------------------------------- |Valuation Office |www.voa.gov.uk/| ----------------------------------