??????, who are working for the Scottish Executive Health Department investigating the distribution of NHS sight tests and voucher claims across Scotland, made a request for information on HC2 and HC3 broken down by age band and by postcode sector in Scotland prior to Xmas. We were able to provide him with this information. He has now made a subsequest request, on 19 January 2005, for similar information realting to customers holding Tax Credit certificates for the period 06/04/2003 to 05/04/2004 and 06/04/2004 to present. ?????? has discussed the request with ?????? and it is confirmed and accepted as a Freedom of Information Request. Information required for each of the periods specified is as follows. The number of customers holding a Tax Credit Exemption certificate, from an address in Scotland, broken down by age group (i.e. 0-4, 5-14, 15-24,25-44, 45-64, 65-74, 75-84, 85+) and by postcode sector (first 5 digits e.g. AB1 0, or AB251).