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Finalised award statistics for Child and Working Tax Credits
This publication, revised February 2016, presents estimates of annual take-up rates for Child Benefit, Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit, covering the 2012 to 2013 financial year.
This section contains older statistics about personal tax credits, European Economic Area (EEA) nationals, child poverty, working families and disabled person’s tax credit.
Final estimates of total overpayments and underpayments across the benefit system in financial year 2012/13.
These statistics relate to Child and Working Tax Credits, and the breakdown of their distribution.
Finalised award statistics on the number of families in receipt of tax credits.
Estimates of fraud and error levels in the benefit system in Great Britain.
Findings of HMRC's additional capacity trial, which saw a private sector company carry out error and fraud checks on tax credits cases.
Tackling fraud and error in the benefit and tax credits systems
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
These statistics relate to Child and Working Tax Credits statistics on the 2011 to 2012 award.
This publication, revised February 2016, presents estimates of annual take-up rates for Child Benefit and for CTC and WTC, covering the 2011 to 2012 financial year.
Statistical notice about changes to the way DWP will publish statistics about benefit underpayments and call for feedback.
Progress report on tackling fraud, error and debt in the benefits and tax credits system over the last 5 years, and planned future improvements.
Estimates of fraud and error levels in the benefit system in Great Britain in the financial year 2023 to 2024.
The Children in Low-Income Families Local Measure shows the proportion of children living in families in receipt of out-of-work (means-tested) benefits or in receipt of tax credits where their reported income is less than 60 per cent of UK median...
Advice and examples of how overpayments of tax credits can happen.
Summary geographical statistics for finalised awards for individuals and households claiming Working Tax Credits and/or Child Tax Credits.
Research exploring why some customers do not fully comply with the requirements for reporting and managing their tax credits claim.
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