PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Working Tax Credit (22 October 2014)
Question Asked
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many non-UK citizens from (a) other EU countries and (b) the rest of the world are in receipt of working tax credit.
Asked by:
Sir Christopher Chope (Conservative)
Asked by:
Sir Christopher Chope (Conservative)
Answer
This information is not available.
I refer my hon. friend to the reply given on 1 May 2014, Official report, columns 799W-800W,
for the number of families claiming tax credits where, if claiming as a couple, at least one of the family members was recorded as being a non-UK national when they registered for a National Insurance number (NINO).
These awards will include people who were recorded as being a non-UK national when they first registered for a NINO but now have UK nationality. The information cannot therefore be used to reliably determine the number of non-UK nationals in receipt of tax credits and was not intended to be used for that purpose.
Answered by:
Priti Patel (Conservative)
10 November 2014
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