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<p>The total amount of Tax Credit entitlement of recipients in each of the last three
tax years can be found in Table 1.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td
colspan="4"><p><em>£ millions</em></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Table 1: Total
entitlement of Tax Credit recipients</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Out-of-work</p></td><td><p>In-work</p></td><td><p>All</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>7,606</p></td><td><p>20,936</p></td><td><p>28,542</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>8,138</p></td><td><p>21,066</p></td><td><p>29,203</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>8,903</p></td><td><p>19,876</p></td><td><p>28,779</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Figures in Table 1 are presented in £ millions, to the nearest
1 million, in line with HM Revenue and Customs publications. Breakdowns of recipients
out-of-work and in-work have also been provided for context. Breakdowns of recipients
in full-time employment, or otherwise, are unavailable.</p><p> </p><p><br> 2012-13
is the most recent year available for which finalised statistics have been produced.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Figures have been taken from Table 1.1 of the online publication
‘Child and Working Tax Credit Statistics: Finalised Annual Awards 2012-13’.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Figures providing total expenditure forecasts for Tax Credits
in the current tax year, and the two following years can be found in Table 2.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><em>£ billions</em></p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="2"><p>Table 2: Total expenditure forecasts of Tax Credits</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>All</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>29.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>29.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>29.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Figures in Table 2 are presented in £ billions, to the nearest
100 million, in line with Office for Budget Responsibility publications.</p><p> </p><p>
</p><p>Breakdowns by employment status, full-time or otherwise are unavailable. These
figures are taken from the ‘March 2015 Economic and Fiscal Outlook: Fiscal Supplementary
Tables’ produced by the Office for Budget Responsibility and take into consideration
Tax Credits as expenditure.</p><p> </p>
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