UK Child and Working Tax Credit Provisional Awards by Local Authority

Provisional awards for Child and Working Tax Credits are provided by HM Revenue and Customs. The data offers geographical analysis down to the local authority level and is published in XLS and HTML formats. The dataset was last updated on 2026-06-18.

Use Cases

• Analyze regional disparities in tax credit provision based on local authority geography.
• Track provisional award trends over time based on snapshot points during the year.
• Model the relationship between tax credits and local socio-economic indicators based on geographical granularity.

Strengths

• Geographical analysis is available down to the local authority level.
• Data is provided by the authoritative source HM Revenue and Customs.
• The dataset is licensed under the OGL-UK-3.0 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.
• Freshness should be verified as the last update is dated 2026-06-18.

Provenance

Source

HM Revenue and Customs

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-18 09:35:04.516937

Geography

United Kingdom, down to local authority level