The Government increased the personal allowance for those aged under 65 years between 2010-11 and 2013-14 as shown in table 1 as follows: Table1: Personal allowance (coalition Government formed in May2010) PersonalAllowance(£) 2010-11 6,475 2011-12 7,475 2012-13 8,105 2013-14 9,440 An estimated 2.24 million people in Scotland will benefit by an average of £393 by April 2014 and 200,000 people in Scotland will have been taken out of tax altogether.