Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimates his Department has made of the number of claimants who are receiving tax credits with savings above £16,000 that will no longer be entitled to Universal Credit.

No estimate has been made of the number of those receiving tax credits with savings above £16,000 that will no longer be entitled to Universal Credit.

Tax credits recipients are not required to report savings in order to claim tax credits.