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Child and Working Tax Credits Statistics: Provisional Awards - December 2023

These statistics are a snapshot of the overall caseload of people receiving Working Tax Credits and/or Child Tax Credits.

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These statistics focus on the number of families benefiting from Child Tax Credit (CTC) and/or Working Tax Credit (WTC) in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland at 1 December 2023. This publication presents a breakdown of families by their profile position, age and gender, type of family and family size as well as the number of children in benefiting families, broken down by age. It also includes statistics on families benefiting from each of the different elements of tax credits and provides information on the income used in calculating awards and the frequency of payments.

Published 29 February 2024
Last updated 4 April 2024 + show all updates
  1. Table 3.1 was re-published to include additional statistics on households where one claimant is aged 66 or over and where both claimants are aged 66 or over.

  2. Added historic data to table 1 of geographical tables attachment.

  3. First published.