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New Back to Work Plan to help up to 1,100,000 people with long-term health conditions, disabilities or long-term unemployment to look for and stay in work.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
These statistics provide information about families using Tax-Free Childcare.
Guidance on getting an extra payment to help with the cost of living if you were entitled to certain benefits or tax credits in 2022.
Statistics from the Child Support Agency on the 1993 and 2003 statutory child maintenance schemes.
Research into customer views on claiming tax credits and Child Benefit including income limits and eligibility.
This report presents the latest findings from the 2015 to 2016 Error and Fraud Analytical Programme, which measures error and fraud in the tax credits system.
This statistical release provides estimates of Income Tax, National Insurance contributions, tax credits and Child Benefit paid by and to European Economic Area (EEA) nationals and non-EEA nationals in the 2018 to 2019 tax year.
Child maintenance outcomes for parents that have spoken to Child Maintenance (CM) Options.
Find out the rates, thresholds and allowances for tax credits, Child Benefit and Guardian's Allowance.
The number of people HMT estimate are affected by the lowering of the Tax Credit Income Disregard from £5,000 to £2,500.
Impact assessment about introducing budgeting advances for Universal Credit under the Welfare Reform Act 2012.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
An SSAC consultation on the government’s plans for certain Universal Credit claimants to wait 7 days before they are entitled to benefit.
Geographical analysis of Child Benefit at country, region, local authority and Parliamentary constituency levels.
A report by the Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) on the regulation and response from the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
An initial equality impact assessment on Universal Credit from November 2010.
Child maintenance outcomes for parents that have spoken to Child Maintenance (CM) Options, data from parents surveyed in March to April 2019.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak makes a speech on welfare.
A report on the Housing Benefit and Universal Credit (Size Criteria) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2013 by SSAC.
Statistics on the number and proportion of children living in out-of-work benefit households for each local authority in England.
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