Welfare Tax Credits: Liverpool City Region

(asked on 29th March 2017) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families in (a) Garston and Halewood constituency and (b) Liverpool City Region were in receipt of the family element of tax credits in each year since April 2010.


Answered by
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Jane Ellison
This question was answered on 24th April 2017

The number of families in (a) Garston and Halewood constituency and (b) Liverpool City Region in receipt of the family element of tax credits in each year since April 2010 is shown in the table below.

Estimates for Liverpool City Region are obtained by aggregating the figures for the following local authorities: Liverpool, Halton, Knowsley, St Helen, Sefton, Wirral.

Families in receipt of family element of tax credits since April 2010

Year

Garston and Halewood constituency

Liverpool City Region

2010-11

9,700

148,600

2011-12

8,800

135,000

2012-13

7,400

111,700

2013-14

7,200

109,700

2014-15

7,000

107,100

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