Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department allocated to pay staff of HM Revenue and Customs to deal with enquiries from hon. Members relating to constituents' concerns about tax credits in (a) 2015-16 and (b) each of the three previous years.

I refer the member to the answer I provided on 30 October 2015 to question 13346:

http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&max=20&questiontype=AllQuestions&house=commons%2clords&uin=13346