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<p>This information is unavailable.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is
making changes to Tax Credits and Universal Credit which will help put welfare spending
on a more sustainable path. The emphasis is on supporting hardworking families on
low incomes by reducing income tax through increases in the personal allowance and
increasing wages, rather than on topping up low wages through tax credits.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMT has published a distributional analysis of the impact of
the Summer Budget 2015 which includes the effect of tax credit and other welfare measures
on households. This information can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/443229/PU1822_Distributional_Analysis.pdf"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/443229/PU1822_Distributional_Analysis.pdf</a></p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HMRC publishes information on families’ tax credit awards within
local authorities. The most recent available data is for 2013-14 and can be found
here:</p><p> </p><p><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>
</p><p>Information on the number of families in individual constituencies receiving
tax credits and the average value of these payments can be found in table 2.</p><p>
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