Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the percentage change in Child Tax Credit, and its predecessor Family Tax Credit, between (1) 1987 and 1991, (2) 1992 and 1997, (3) 1998 and 2003, and (4) 2004 and 2009.

There was no single rate of support payable to claimants of Family Credit, Working Families’ Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit over these time periods. Claimants were entitled to a number of different elements and support was tapered by income which resulted in variable amounts being received.