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<p>Information on the total expenditure on benefit claimants receiving Child Tax Credit
or Working Tax Credit by Local Authority and Westminster Parliamentary Constituency
would only be available at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The table below summarises
the total expenditure on benefit claimants receiving any Personal Tax Credits for
each year from 2017-2018 to 2021-2022.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Total expenditure on
benefit claimants receiving Personal Tax Credits, 2017-18 to 2021-22</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England
<sup>(1)</sup></p></td><td><p>22,101</p></td><td><p>18,751</p></td><td><p>15,432</p></td><td><p>12,676</p></td><td><p>9,174</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>1,821</p></td><td><p>1,540</p></td><td><p>1,240</p></td><td><p>999</p></td><td><p>715</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>1,320</p></td><td><p>1,132</p></td><td><p>922</p></td><td><p>746</p></td><td><p>533</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern
Ireland</p></td><td><p>973</p></td><td><p>849</p></td><td><p>726</p></td><td><p>637</p></td><td><p>490</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Source:
Country and </strong><strong>regional analysis: 2022</strong></p><p>(1) England is
calculated as the sum of its 9 Government Office Regions</p><p> </p><p>Information
on the number of benefit claimants receiving Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit
in each of the last 5 years in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, each Westminster
Parliamentary Constituency and each Local Authority can be collated from published
official statistics on Child and Working Tax Credit Awards between 2016-2017 and 2020-2021.
Statistics for 2021-2022 will be published in Summer 2023.</p><p> </p><p>Links to
published statistics for 2016-2017 to 2020-2021 can be found below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-finalised-award-statistics-geographical-statistics-2016-to-2017"
target="_blank">Personal tax credits: finalised award statistics - geographical statistics
2016 to 2017 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-finalised-award-statistics-geographical-statistics-2017-to-2018"
target="_blank">Personal tax credits: finalised award statistics - geographical statistics
2017 to 2018 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-tax-credits-finalised-award-statistics-geographical-statistics-2018-to-2019"
target="_blank">Personal tax credits: finalised award statistics - geographical statistics
2018 to 2019 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-finalised-annual-awards-2019-to-2020"
target="_blank">Child and Working Tax Credits statistics: finalised annual awards
- 2019 to 2020 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/child-and-working-tax-credits-statistics-finalised-annual-awards-2020-to-2021"
target="_blank">Child and Working Tax Credits statistics: Finalised Annual Awards
– 2020 to 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p>
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