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Written Question
Welfare Tax Credits: Disability
Tuesday 24th July 2018

Asked by: Ruth George (Labour - High Peak)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many households in receipt of the disabled worker element of Working Tax Credit also received Child Tax Credit in each of the last five years.

Answered by Elizabeth Truss

Information on the number of families and workers in receipt of disabled worker element and the number of in-work families in receipt of the disabled child element are published in our yearly finalised annual awards statistics publication at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/personal-tax-credits-statistics

The numbers of families who are eligible for, but not claiming these elements is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

Information on the average number of families benefitting from these elements of the Child and Working Tax Credits in the last five years for which we have finalised awards data is shown in the attached table.

Written Question
Welfare Tax Credits: Disability
Tuesday 17th July 2018

Asked by: Ruth George (Labour - High Peak)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many parents with disabled children in residential settings are in receipt of tax credits based on the rule under tax credit regulations that payment for a child in residential accommodation can continue so long as they are in care solely because of their disability.

Answered by Elizabeth Truss

This information can only be made available at a disproportionate cost.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 13 Jun 2018
Business Rates

"My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech setting out the key concerns for retailers and other businesses. Does she agree that the average £3,600 increase in rates for small shops over the next five years is contributing to the demise of high streets up and down the country?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 13 Jun 2018
Business Rates

"Businesses often have to invest in CCTV because of rising crime rates. In doing so, they can help the police by providing footage to help catch offenders, but they are then penalised for doing the right thing and helping tackle crime when their business rates increase due to that investment. …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 13 Jun 2018
Business Rates

"My hon. Friend is making some excellent points. Does he agree that we need to make sure that we incentivise British businesses that trade in this country and make sure that they cannot be undercut, whether on the high street or online, by companies that are directly importing and often …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 13 Jun 2018
Business Rates

"It is a great pleasure to speak in this debate. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for York Central (Rachael Maskell) for securing it and allowing the very thoughtful discussion from all parts of the House to take place.

I am chair of the all-party small shops group, and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 06 Jun 2018
Transport Safety: Blind and Visually Impaired People

"My hon. Friend is making an important speech and I thank her for doing so. A constituent of mine who is blind asked for rail assist at his local station, but their only response was to give him a leaflet, which he could not read. Does my hon. Friend agree …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 06 Jun 2018
Transport Safety: Blind and Visually Impaired People

"I want to make a point about Passenger Assist. My visually impaired constituent was simply given a leaflet that was supposed to enable him to travel. Does the Minister agree that that is not acceptable? Although Passenger Assist is available to wheelchair users in my constituency, there are no taxis …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 22 May 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"With child poverty set to increase by another 1.5 million by 2022, according to the Economic Council for Equality, what will the Treasury be doing to help the very poorest households?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 30 Apr 2018
Economic and Fiscal Outlook

"Bearing that strategy in mind, how does the Minister explain the fact that the debt has risen from 73% of GDP in 2010 to nearly 90% now, so it is higher than both France’s and Germany’s? Our debt was below those countries’ at the end of a Labour Government who …..."
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