Added Child and Working Tax Credits Statistics 2005 to 2025 to finalised awards collection.
Added the 'Child and Working Tax Credits Statistics: Provisional Awards - December 2024' publication to the 'Provisional awards publications' section.
Added new release for the Supplement on Payments publication.
Added the 'Child and Working Tax Credits Statistics: Provisional Awards - April 2024' publication to the 'Provisional awards publications' section.
Added the 'Child and Working Tax Credits statistics: Finalised Annual Awards – 2021 to 2022' publication to the 'Child and Working Tax Credits: finalised awards publications' section and the 'Universal Credit and Child Tax Credit claimants: statistics related to the policy to provide support for a maximum of two children, April 2023' to the 'Other official statistics' section.
Added 'Child and Working Tax Credits statistics: Provisional Awards April 2023' publication to the 'Provisional awards publications' section.
Added Child and Working Tax Credits error and fraud statistics 2021 to 2022 to Other Official Statistics section.
Added 'Child and Working Tax Credits statistics: Provisional Awards December 2022' publication to the 'National Statistics' section.
Page updated to include information about current HMRC public consultation on our statistical publications.
Added the 'Child and Working Tax Credits statistics: finalised annual awards, supplement on payments - 2020 to 2021' publication to the 'National Statistics' section
Added the 'Personal tax credits finalised award statistics - Small area data (LSOA and Data Zone) 2020 to 2021'
Added the 'Child and Working Tax Credits statistics: finalised annual awards - 2020 to 2021' publication to the 'National Statistics' section.
Added 'Child and Working Tax Credits statistics: Provisional awards - April 2022' to the 'National Statistics' section. Added 'Universal Credit and Child Tax Credit claimants: statistics related to the policy to provide support for a maximum of 2 children, April 2021' and 'Universal Credit and Child Tax claimants: statistics related to the policy to provide support for a maximum of 2 children, April 2022' to the 'Other Official Statistics' section.
Added Child and Working Tax Credits error and fraud statistics 2020 to 2021 to the Other Official Statistics group.
Added 'Personal tax credits provisional statistics for December 2021' to 'National Statistics' section
Added: 'Child and Working Tax Credits statistics: finalised annual awards, supplement on payments - 2019 to 2020' and 'Child and Working Tax Credits statistics: finalised annual awards, supplement on payments - 2018 to 2019'.
Added 'Child and Working Tax Credits Statistics: Finalised Annual Awards - 2019 to 2020' to the 'National Statistics' section.
Added 'Child and Working Tax Credits error and fraud statistics 2019 to 2020' to the 'Other Official Statistics' section.
Added 'Child and Working Tax Credits Statistics: Provisional Awards- April 2021' to 'National Statistics' section.
Removed documents published before 2020.
Added Child and Working Tax Credits error and fraud statistics 2018 to 2019, final estimate to Other Official Statistics.
Added 'Child and Working Tax Credits Statistics: Provisional Awards- December 2020'.
Added Child and Working Tax Credits error and fraud statistics 2018 to 2019, first release
This collection has been updated to include the personal tax credits: finalised awards for 2018 to 2019 tax year.
This collection has been updated to include the Child Tax Credit and Universal Credit claimants: statistics related to the policy to provide support for a maximum of 2 children for April 2020.
Added Child and Working Tax Credits error and fraud statistics 2017 to 2018, final estimate to Other Official Statistics.
Collection has been updated to include the Child Benefit, Child Tax Credit (CTC) and Working Tax Credit (WTC) take-up rates 2017 to 2018 publication.
An update for the Child and Working Tax Credits (CWTC) provisional statistics, April 2019, CWTC finalised awards/payments, 2017-2018 & Child Tax Credit and Universal Credit claimants: statistics related to the policy to provide support for a maximum of 2 children, April 2019.
Added the Official Statistics publication "Child and Working Tax Credits error and Fraud Statistics 2017 to 2018, First Release."
The background information on personal tax credits has been updated. Older publications have been archived.
Added the Official Statistics publication "Child Benefit, Child Tax Credit (CTC) and Working Tax Credit (WTC) take-up rates 2016 to 2017".
The document 'Personal tax credits: Children in low-income families local measure: 2016 snapshot as at 31 August 2016' has been added to the "Official statistics: Other" collection.
The document Personal tax credits: finalised award statistics - small area data (LSOA and Data Zone) 2016 to 2017' has been added to the "Official statistics: National" collection.
The document 'Child Tax Credit and Universal Credit claimants: statistics related to the policy to provide support for a maximum of two children, April 2018' has been added to the Official Statistics collection.
An update of the Children in low-incomes families series (2015)
Update to the Child Benefit, Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit Take-up rates publication
Addition to the collection: Personal tax credits: finalised award statistics - small area data (LSOA and Data Zone) 2015 to 2016
Added Personal tax credits: Finalised award statistics - geographical statistics 2015 to 2016
Added Child and Working Tax Credits annual error and fraud statistics 2015 to 2016, Child and Working Tax Credits statistics: finalised annual awards - 2015 to 2016, and Child and Working Tax Credits statistics: finalised annual awards, supplement on payments - 2015 to 2016
Added Child Benefit, Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit take-up rates 2014 to 2015
New Tax Credits statistics for 2014 to 2015 added
Added Child Benefit, Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit take-up rates 2013 to 2014
latest publication added
2013-14 Child and Working Tax Credits Error and Fraud statistics added to collection
Added Child and Working Tax Credits statistics for 2013 to 2014.
Take-up statistics for 2012/13 have been added and a number of previous publications have been amended.
This pasge has been updated with new Children in low-income families local measure statistics.
LSOA and Data Zone finalised statistics have been added for 2012/13.
Finalised Tax Credits National Statistics have been added for the tax year 2012 to 2013.
A link to older versions Personal Tax Credits statistics and to Child Poverty statistics specifically have been added.
Added more statistics.
Added the document Child and Working Tax Credits Statistics: Provisional Awards - December 2013 to the collection.
Added the document Child and Working Tax Credits Statistics: Provisional Awards Geographical Analyses - December 2013 to the collection.
First published.
The publications include numbers benefiting from individual elements such as childcare and disability, average entitlements, and income band breakdowns. There are also publications on tax credits take-up rates, rates of error and fraud, and children in low income families.
About personal tax credits
Child Tax Credit (CTC) and Working Tax Credit (WTC) replaced Working Families’ Tax Credit, Disabled Person’s Tax Credit and Children’s Tax Credit in April 2003.
Tax credits were based on household circumstances and could be claimed jointly by members of a couple, or by singles. Entitlement was based on factors such as age, income, hours worked, number and age of children, childcare costs and disabilities.
It is important to note that finalised awards statistics are not a revision of the provisional awards statistics.
Please see either publication for more details.
Child and Working Tax Credits: finalised awards publications
The finalised awards are based on a full retrospective view of each tax credits claim in a given financial year and provide statistics on the average caseload position over the full year. The statistics are therefore not available until after the finalisation process and are published around 12 months after the end of the entitlement year in question.
These statistics:
are more useful to those looking for the final end-of-year position
Please note that the ‘Child and Working Tax Credits statistics: Finalised Annual Awards – 2020 to 2021’ encompasses the main publication and geographical component seen in ‘Personal tax credits: finalised award statistics – geographical statistics 2018 to 2019’.
The provisional awards provide estimates of the size and composition of the tax credits population at a snapshot date in early April and December each year.
These statistics give the most up-to-date picture but may not align exactly with the finalised data.
Previous provisional publications are also available.
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is committed to improving the official statistics they publish. HMRC would welcome any views you have by email to benefitsandcredits.analysis@hmrc.gov.uk .
We also offer bespoke analysis of tax credits data, although there may be a charge depending on the level of complexity and the resources required to produce.
If you would like to discuss your requirements, to comment on the current publications, or for further information about the tax credits statistics please contact us.
You can read more about our work, policies and procedures at the Statistics at HMRC page linked below.