Henry Bottomley

Employment: October 2002 to October 2005 (Previous Next)

Her Majesty's Treasury, 1 Horseguards Road, London SW1A 2HQ, UK

Statistician, Work Incentives and Poverty Analysis, Budget and Public Finances

Responsible for income distribution analysis and micro-simulation modeling, including issues related to child poverty, new tax credits and housing benefit.

• Analysing of options and costs of meeting child poverty PSA target, notably for 2003 Pre-Budget Report decisions related to 2004-05 targets, and development of 2010-11 targets.
• Briefing on developments in Households Below Average Incomes and similar statistics.
• Contributing to Child Poverty Review.

• Measuring impacts of tax and benefit changes on work incentives and income distribution.
• Supervising development and introduction of a dynamic labour supply model.
• Contributing to report on tax credits and reforming support for families.

• Recommending changes to tax credit and child benefit rates.
• Compiling PBR press notice and Budget press notice announcements on full range of direct and indirect tax rates, national insurance, and tax credits.