Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of families in (a) Garston and Halewood constituency and (b) Liverpool City Region in receipt of child tax credits were households of two or more children in each year since April 2010.
The number and proportion of families in (a) Garston and Halewood constituency and (b) Liverpool City Region in receipt of child tax credits that were households of two or more children 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 child tax credits with two or more children since April 2010
Year | Garston and Halewood constituency | Liverpool City Region | ||
Number | As a proportion of total families in area in receipt of child tax credits | Number | As a proportion of total families in area in receipt of child tax credits | |
2010-11 | 4,800 | 49.7% | 74,400 | 50.1% |
2011-12 | 4,300 | 49.1% | 66,600 | 49.4% |
2012-13 | 3,900 | 52.4% | 58,600 | 52.5% |
2013-14 | 3,800 | 52.8% | 58,200 | 53.1% |
2014-15 | 3,700 | 52.5% | 57,500 | 53.7% |