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<p>The Department does not hold any projections of the number of children under the
age of 5 affected by the benefit cap.</p><p> </p><p>To collate and add on the additional
data for all children under 5 and quality assure the figures to answer this PQ would
incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The Department published ad-hoc statistics
in July 2017 which estimated that 56,000 households fall into the scope of the lower
benefit cap in 2016/17. (Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-cap-estimated-impact-on-parents-by-age-of-youngest-child"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-cap-estimated-impact-on-parents-by-age-of-youngest-child</a>,
Table 1, Estimated number of households in scope for the lower benefit cap prior to
its introduction, by family type and age of youngest child: 2016/17).</p><p> </p><p>This
does not take account of behavioural changes where people make the choice to move
into employment or increase their hours of work or taken other action to move out
of scope for the cap.</p><p> </p><p>The Department published an Impact Assessment
on the introduction of the lower benefit cap in August 2016. (Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/548741/welfare-reform-and-work-act-impact-assessment-for-the-benefit-cap.pdf"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/548741/welfare-reform-and-work-act-impact-assessment-for-the-benefit-cap.pdf</a></p>
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