09 Jan 2001
New figures showing that over 100,000 Scottish families benefit from the Working Families Tax Credit (WFTC) were welcomed by Scotland Office Minister Brian Wilson today.
Commenting on the figures published by the Inland Revenue, Mr Wilson said:
"Today’s figures show that 108,300 families across Scotland were receiving Working Families Tax Credit in August 2000. This is compared to 81,900 who received the old Family Credit in August 1999. As well as benefiting more people than the Family Credit, WFTC makes a difference where it matters - in the wage packets of hard working Scottish families. On average families on WFTC receive £30 per week more than under the previous system.
"I am also pleased 67,900 lone parents were among those benefiting from WFTC, showing the Government’s ongoing commitment to help and support this sector of society. We are determined to give all those who want to work the opportunity to do so and WFTC helps to ensure that all parts of society reap the benefits of the strong economy this Government has put in place."
NOTES FOR NEWS EDITORS
1. The Working Families Tax Credit is a tax credit payable to working families, depending on their circumstances. The Credit is administered by the Inland Revenue and paid through the pay packet.
2. The Credit can be paid to families - either couples or lone parents - who have one or more children; work at least 16 hours a week; are resident in the United Kingdom and entitled to work here and have savings of £8,000 or less.
3. More detailed statistical information, showing WFTC awards split by local authority and Parliamentary constituency, in Scotland is attached.
Contact: Rachel Gibbons 020 7270 6816
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Website: www.scottishsecretary.gov.uk
NUMBER OF WORKING FAMILY TAX CREDIT AWARDS BY LOCAL AUTHORITY. AUGUST 2000. SCOTLAND.
Aberdeen City 3,500
Aberdeenshire 3,100
Angus 2,100
Argyll and Bute 2,100
Clackmannanshire 900
Dumfries and Galloway 3,300
Dundee City 4,400
East Ayrshire 3,400
East Dunbartonshire 1,400
East Lothian 1,900
East Renfrewshire 1,100
Edinburgh, City of 6,400
Eilean Siar (Western Isles) 500
Falkirk 3,300
Fife 7,700
Glasgow, City of 14,300
Highland 4,900
Inverclyde 2,300
Midlothian 1,900
Moray 1,700
North Ayrshire 3,700
North Lanarkshire 6,900
Orkney Islands 400
Perth and Kinross 3,000
Renfrewshire 4,200
Scottish Borders, The 2,900
Shetland Islands 400
South Ayrshire 2,200
South Lanarkshire 6,600
Stirling 1,400
West Dunbartonshire 2,300
West Lothian 3,900
SCOTLAND 108,300
NUMBER OF WORKING FAMILY TAX CREDIT AWARDS BY PARLIAMENTARY CONSTITUENCY. AUGUST 2000. SCOTLAND.
Aberdeen Central 1,000
Aberdeen North 1,500
Aberdeen South 1,000
Airdrie and Shotts 1,500
Angus 1,400
Argyll and Bute 1,800
Ayr 1,300
Banff and Buchan 1,600
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross 1,100
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley 2,300
Central Fife 1,700
Clydebank and Milngavie 1,600
Clydesdale 1,700
Coatbridge and Chryston 1,500
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 1,100
Cunninghame North 1,600
Cunninghame South 2,100
Dumbarton 1,200
Dumfries 2,100
Dundee East 2,300
Dundee West 2,100
Dunfermline East 1,900
Dunfermline West 1,300
East Kilbride 2,000
East Lothian 1,600
Eastwood 1,100
Edinburgh Central 800
Edinburgh East and Musselburgh 1,200
Edinburgh North and Leith 1,100
Edinburgh South 900
Edinburgh West 1,300
Edinburgh, Pentlands 1,500
Falkirk East 1,700
Falkirk West 1,600
Galloway and Upper Nithsdale 1,200
Glasgow, Anniesland 1,400
Glasgow, Baillieston 2,000
Glasgow, Cathcart 1,500
Glasgow, Govan 1,300
Glasgow, Kelvin 900
Glasgow, Maryhill 1,500
Glasgow, Pollok 2,100
Glasgow, Rutherglen 1,200
Glasgow, Shettleston 1,600
Glasgow, Springburn 1,900
Gordon 700
Greenock and Inverclyde 1,600
Hamilton North and Bellshill 1,700
Hamilton South 1,500
Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber 2,000
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 2,000
Kirkcaldy 1,400
Linlithgow 1,800
Livingston 2,000
Midlothian 1,600
Moray 1,600
Motherwell and Wishaw 1,500
North East Fife 1,400
North Tayside 1,700
Ochil 1,300
Orkney and Shetland 800
Paisley North 1,800
Paisley South 1,700
Perth 2,000
Ross, Skye and Inverness West 1,800
Roxburgh and Berwickshire 1,700
Stirling 1,000
Strathkelvin and Bearsden 1,300
Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale 1,600
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine 1,000
West Renfrewshire 1,300
Western Isles 500
Unknown 300
SCOTLAND 108,300