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<p>Until 1 July 2014 there are two allowances for ISAs: a cash and an overall allowance.
This answer assumes you are asking about the overall allowance.</p><p> </p><p>The
following table contains the number of individuals who made full use of their (£10,680)
ISA allowance in 2011-12 in the UK and in Scotland.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Country</p></td><td><p>Number
of individuals (thousands)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United
Kingdom</p></td><td><p>1,005</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>A breakdown for
2012-13 and 2013-14 is not yet available. Constituency-level statistics are not available.</p><p>
</p><p>As announced at Budget 2014, from 1 July 2014 the overall annual New ISA subscription
limit will be increased to £15,000 and can be used for either cash or stocks and shares
investments, or any combination of the two, up to this limit.</p><p> </p><p>This measure
will reduce income tax on savings for people constrained by the current limits, improving
incentives to save and increasing real household disposable incomes. Over 6 million
people are expected to benefit from these increases, including over 5 million adults
expected to be constrained by the cash ISA limit.</p><p> </p>
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