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<p><strong>West Midlands</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Decile</p></td><td><p>Child
Tax Credit</p></td><td><p>Working Tax Credit</p></td><td><p>Both Child Tax Credit
and Working Tax Credit</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0.1m</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0.1m</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0.1m</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0.1m</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>0.4m</p></td><td><p>0.2m</p></td><td><p>0.2m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>
</strong></p><p>The number of individuals in receipt of tax credits is based on Households
Below Average Income (HBAI) data sourced from the Family Resources Survey (FRS). A
three year average (2015/16, 2014/15 and 2013/14) is used to support the small sample
size at a regional level. The number in receipt of tax credits are not available at
local authority or constituency level in this publication because the survey sample
sizes are too small to support the production of robust estimates at this geography.</p><p>
</p><p>In the FRS tax credit receipt is based on self-assessment and therefore may
be subject to misreporting, and the FRS is known to undercount receipt of certain
benefits. Therefore the numbers in the table have been produced by applying the proportion
in each decile from HBAI to the overall number of families in receipt of child tax
credit, working tax credit and both child tax credit and working tax credit, from
administrative data. The tax credit administrative data is available at the link below:</p><p><a
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-finalised-annual-awards-2015-to-2016"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-finalised-annual-awards-2015-to-2016</a></p><p>
</p><p>The calculation of income deciles uses disposable household income, adjusted
using modified OECD equivalisation factors for household size and composition. All
estimates are based on survey data and are therefore subject to a degree of uncertainty.
Small differences should be treated with caution as these will be affected by sampling
error and variability in non-response. Numbers of individuals have been rounded to
the nearest thousand individuals. Numbers that round to less than one hundred thousand
have been suppressed (“-“).</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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