Working for Families statistics

The Working for Families (WFF) statistics section has reports on the number of families who were entitled to receive WFF during an income tax year. The statistics include number of families receiving WFF, total entitlement amounts, and average entitlement amount per family.

About Working for Families

We update these statistics yearly.

You can download the WFF data from the 2001 to 2022 tax years on the Working for Families statistics dataset page. Data for the 2019 to 2021 tax years has been adjusted.

The latest update uses data extracted from Inland Revenue systems on 14 August 2023.

Pages in this section

Working for Families statistics datasets We update the Working for Families (WFF) statistics data yearly using Inland Revenue administrative data.
Working for Families statistics technical information Technical details and clarifications to accompany our Working for Families statistics
Number of families claiming and entitled to Working for Families In the 2022 tax year, 342,000 families claimed and were entitled to Working for Families tax credits (WFF). This is a 2.6% decrease from the 2021 tax year
Total entitlements paid for Working for Families tax credits In the 2022 tax year, Working for Families tax credits (WFF) came to a total of $2,771 million. This number is a 4.4% decrease from the 2021 tax year

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