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<p>The Government is making changes to tax credits and Universal Credit which will
help put welfare spending on a more sustainable path. The Government wants to move
from a low wage, high tax, and high welfare society to a higher wage, lower tax, and
lower welfare society. That means more emphasis on supporting hardworking families
on low incomes by reducing income tax through increases in the personal allowance
and increasing wages, than on topping up low wages through tax credits.</p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p>Reforms announced at the Summer Budget do not affect a family’s eligibility
to the any of the disability elements in tax credits (both child and adult). The uprating
of the disability elements is also exempt from the four year working age benefit freeze;
these elements will continue to rise in line with inflation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p>HMRC publishes information on the number of families benefitting from the disability
elements. The most recent available data is for 2013/14 and can be found here: <a
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-finalised-annual-awards-2013-to-2014"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-finalised-annual-awards-2013-to-2014</a></p><p>
</p><p>Details on the number of families benefitting from the receipt of these elements,
as well as the number of children in these families, is shown in Table 3.3 – 3.6.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of families benefitting from eligibility to the
disabled worker element is also broken down geographically in Table 2 of a separate
publication here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-finalised-award-statistics-geographical-statistics-2013-to-2014"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-finalised-award-statistics-geographical-statistics-2013-to-2014</a></p><p>
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