Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in each English region were eligible for child tax credit as of 5 April 2017.

This question was answered on 10th July 2018
Information relating to the number of households eligible for child tax credits as of 5^th April 2017 can only be made available at a disproportionate cost.

The latest statistics available, for 2016-17, relating to the take-up rate of working tax credit and child tax credit by region can be found by following the link below to Table 9:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/666846/Child_Benefit__Child_Tax_Credit_and_Working_Tax_Credit_Take-up_rates_201....pdf

Producing statistics relating to the number of unique households that have benefitted from child tax credit, by region, since its introduction can only be made available at disproportionate cost.