UK Child and Working Tax Credits Finalised Awards by Local Authority

Annual average statistics for finalised Child and Working Tax Credit awards in the United Kingdom. The data includes geographical analysis down to the local authority level and supplements on overpayments and underpayments. It is provided by HM Revenue and Customs and was last updated in June 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze regional disparities in tax credit awards based on the local authority breakdown.
• Model trends in overpayments and underpayments based on the supplementary data.
• Assess the annual performance of the tax credit system based on finalised award statistics.

Strengths

• Geographical analysis is available down to the local authority level.
• Includes supplementary data on overpayments and underpayments.
• Published under the OGL-UK-3.0 license for open use.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

HM Revenue and Customs

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-18 10:31:14.006663; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom, down to local authority level