Senate debates

Tuesday, 16 August 2011

Questions on Notice

Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (Question Nos 609 and 610)

Photo of Scott RyanScott Ryan (Victoria, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Small Business and Fair Competition) Share this | | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, upon notice, on 27 April 2011:

What is the current income distribution listed in $10 000 bands, from $0 to $1 million, of people receiving: (a) Family Tax Benefit Part A; and (b) Family Tax Benefit Part B.

Photo of Mark ArbibMark Arbib (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Social Housing and Homelessness) Share this | | Hansard source

The answer to the honourable senator's question is as follows:

The Department's 2009-10 Annual Report (Table J-5) details families receiving FTB-A and FTB-B by income distribution.