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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2017-12-14more like thismore than 2017-12-14
answering body
Department for Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept id 29 more like this
answering dept short name Work and Pensions more like this
answering dept sort name Work and Pensions more like this
hansard heading Social Security Benefits: Uprating more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the change in the real terms value of the maximum amount of benefit entitlement as a result of inflation since the introduction of the benefit cap in November 2016. more like this
tabling member constituency Rutherglen and Hamilton West more like this
tabling member printed
Ged Killen remove filter
uin 119746 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-12-19more like thismore than 2017-12-19
answer text <p>The Work and Pensions Secretary of State has a duty to review the Lower Benefit Cap levels once in each Parliament with regard to the national economic situation and any other matters he considers relevant, as set out in the 2016 Welfare Reform and Work Act. New lower and tiered Benefit Cap rates were introduced from November 2016 prior to the election in June 2017. We intend to review the Lower Benefit Cap during this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>For context, outside of London, around 4 in 10 households have net earnings less than the £20,000 cap level. In London around 4 in 10 households have net earnings of less than the £23,000 cap level.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Gosport remove filter
answering member printed Caroline Dinenage remove filter
question first answered
less than 2017-12-19T16:39:48.63Zmore like thismore than 2017-12-19T16:39:48.63Z
answering member
4008
label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage more like this
tabling member
4672
label Biography information for Ged Killen more like this