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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people of state pension age were in receipt of (a) Working and (b) Child Tax Credit in (a) Scarborough and Whitby constituency and (b) North Yorkshire on 4 November 2024.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people of state pension age were in receipt of (a) Working and (b) Child Tax Credit in (a) Scarborough and Whitby constituency and (b) North Yorkshire on 4 November 2024.
The information requested is not available for 4 November 2024.
The latest relevant statistics, “Child and working tax credits statistics: provisional awards, April 2024” were published in July based on available data on 1 April 2024. These statistics can be found here: Child and Working Tax Credits Statistics: Provisional Awards - April 2024 - GOV.UK
From further analysis of these statistics, the numbers requested are:
| Working Tax Credits | Child Tax Credits | |
| Scarborough and Whitby | 40 | 30 |
| North Yorkshire | 220 | 80 |
These numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10 and include those recipients who are claiming both Working and Child Tax Credits.
Letter dated 08/02/2024 from Paul Maynard MP to Wendy Chamberlain MP regarding the DWP move to Universal Credit communications for the North East Scotland Jobcentre Plus District. 1p.
Letter dated 08/02/2024 from Paul Maynard MP to Wendy Chamberlain MP regarding the DWP move to Universal Credit communications for the North East Scotland Jobcentre Plus District. 1p.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2024 to Question 9914 on Universal Credit: Farmers, whether he has made an assessment of the potential financial impact of moving from Working Tax Credits to Universal Credit on recipient farmers in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2024 to Question 9914 on Universal Credit: Farmers, whether he has made an assessment of the potential financial impact of moving from Working Tax Credits to Universal Credit on recipient farmers in the...
No assessment has been made and there are no plans to make an assessment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the financial impact of moving from Working Tax Credits to Universal Credit on recipient farmers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the financial impact of moving from Working Tax Credits to Universal Credit on recipient farmers.
No recent assessment has been made.
DWP benefits that are linked to inflation rise by 6.7% in April 2024, as do inflation-linked tax credit elements and benefits administered by HMRC. The basic and new State Pension will be uprated by 8.5% from April 2024.
DWP benefits that are linked to inflation rise by 6.7% in April 2024, as do inflation-linked tax credit elements and benefits administered by HMRC. The basic and new State Pension will be uprated by 8.5% from April 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people receiving the Disability Element of Working Tax Credits are not disadvantaged in the transition to Universal Credit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people receiving the Disability Element of Working Tax Credits are not disadvantaged in the transition to Universal Credit.
All individuals issued with a migration notice informing them that they must make a claim to Universal Credit will be assessed for transitional protection at the point of making a claim to Universal Credit.
Transitional protection, by way of a transitional element, will be then awarded to eligible claimants to ensure their entitlement to Universal Credit is not lower than the entitlement they received as part of their legacy benefits.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how existing overpayments will be handled in the managed migration from Working Tax Credits to Universal Credit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how existing overpayments will be handled in the managed migration from Working Tax Credits to Universal Credit.
When a claimant’s tax credit claim is closed, for whatever reason, including a move to Universal Credit, the debt is transferred to the Department’s Debt Management team.
Once Universal Credit is in payment, the overpayment will be recovered in line with the Universal Credit regulations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people claiming Employment Support Allowance have permitted earnings; and how many and what proportion of those people are also in receipt of (a) working tax credit and (b) child tax credit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people claiming Employment Support Allowance have permitted earnings; and how many and what proportion of those people are also in receipt of (a) working tax credit and (b) child tax credit.
In May 2022, there were 120,610 claimants on ESA in permitted work, which is 7.2% of all ESA claimants.
Of these, there were: 700 (0.6%) with Working Tax Credits; 5,420 (4.5%) with Child Tax Credits; and 1,810 (1.5%) with both.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the total (a) expenditure on and (b) number of benefit claimants receiving Working Tax Credit in each of the last five years, in (i) England, (ii) Scotland, (iii) Wales, (iv) Northern Ireland, (v) each local authority and (vi) each constituency.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the total (a) expenditure on and (b) number of benefit claimants receiving Working Tax Credit in each of the last five years, in (i) England, (ii) Scotland, (iii) Wales, (iv) Northern Ireland, (v) each local authority and (vi) each constituency.
Information on the total expenditure on benefit claimants receiving Child Tax Credit or Working Tax Credit by Local Authority and Westminster Parliamentary Constituency would only be available at disproportionate cost.
The table below summarises the total expenditure on benefit claimants receiving any Personal Tax Credits for each year from 2017-2018 to 2021-2022.
Total expenditure on benefit claimants receiving Personal Tax Credits, 2017-18 to 2021-22
£m | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 |
England (1) | 22,101 | 18,751 | 15,432 | 12,676 | 9,174 |
Scotland | 1,821 | 1,540 | 1,240 | 999 | 715 |
Wales | 1,320 | 1,132 | 922 | 746 | 533 |
Northern Ireland | 973 | 849 | 726 | 637 | 490 |
Source: Country and regional analysis: 2022
(1) England is calculated as the sum of its 9 Government Office Regions
Information on the number of benefit claimants receiving Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit in each of the last 5 years in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, each Westminster Parliamentary Constituency and each Local Authority can be collated from published official statistics on Child and Working Tax Credit Awards between 2016-2017 and 2020-2021. Statistics for 2021-2022 will be published in Summer 2023.
Links to published statistics for 2016-2017 to 2020-2021 can be found below:
DWP benefits that are linked to inflation rise by 10.1% in April 2023, as do the basic and new State Pension. Inflation-linked tax credit elements and benefits administered by HMRC are also expected to rise by 10.1%.
DWP benefits that are linked to inflation rise by 10.1% in April 2023, as do the basic and new State Pension. Inflation-linked tax credit elements and benefits administered by HMRC are also expected to rise by 10.1%.
My right honourable friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury (John Glen) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
The Tax Credits Act 2002 and the Social Security Administration Act 1992 place a statutory duty on His Majesty’s Treasury to review the rates of tax credits and Child Benefit each...
My right honourable friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury (John Glen) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
The Tax Credits Act 2002 and the Social Security Administration Act 1992 place a statutory duty on His Majesty’s Treasury to review the rates of tax credits and Child Benefit each...
The Tax Credits Act 2002 and the Social Security Administration Act 1992 place a statutory duty on His Majesty’s Treasury to review the rates of tax credits and Child Benefit each year in line with the general level of prices. There is a further statutory duty on the Treasury to...
The Tax Credits Act 2002 and the Social Security Administration Act 1992 place a statutory duty on His Majesty’s Treasury to review the rates of tax credits and Child Benefit each year in line with the general level of prices. There is a further statutory duty on the Treasury to...
Working Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance rates: helpcard. Proposed rates from April 2023 for 2023-24 tax year. 1p.
Working Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit, Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance rates: helpcard. Proposed rates from April 2023 for 2023-24 tax year. 1p.