Welfare Tax Credits: Scotland

(asked on 8th June 2020) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many tax credits claimants in Scotland have (a) notified a change of circumstances and (b) ended their claim since the 11 March 2020.


Answered by
Steve Barclay Portrait
Steve Barclay
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
This question was answered on 11th June 2020

From the 11th March 2020 until Tuesday 9th June 2020 there were around 110,000 notifications of change of circumstances from customers in tax credits in Scotland. In the same period around 18,000 tax credits awards in payment in Scotland have ended.

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