Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families in each region were in receipt of the childcare element of (a) tax credits and (b) universal credit in the most recent year for which figures are available.

The available information on the number of households in receipt of the childcare element of Universal Credit is published and can be found at:

https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/.

Guidance on how to extract the information required can be found at:

https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html

Responsibility for Tax Credits statistics lies with Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC).