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answer › answering member constituency	North Swindon
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hansard heading	Housing Benefit: Wales

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25/03/2019

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Department for Work and Pensions

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Work and Pensions

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Work and Pensions

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Housing Benefit: Wales

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25259

pref label	House of Commons

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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 22 March 2019 to Question 234158 on Public Sector: Pensions, what estimate she has made of the average amount of benefit payment not received per household in each local authority area in Wales as a result of the imposition of the benefit cap.

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Vale of Clwyd

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Chris Ruane

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236340

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is ministerial correction

date of answer

28/03/2019

answer text

Households can have their benefits capped either under Housing Benefit, or under Universal Credit. The latest statistics were published in February 2019, covering households capped to November 2018. Under Housing Benefit, statistics on the number of households capped in the geographical areas requested by banded, weekly cap amount, is published and available at:<a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk</a> (‘Benefit Cap’, ‘Point in Time caseload’ table). Guidance for users is available at:<a href="https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html</a> Under Universal Credit, statistics on the number of households capped by banded, weekly cap amount can be found in the February 2019 official statistics release (Table 9, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-cap-number-of-households-capped-to-november-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-cap-number-of-households-capped-to-november-2018</a>).

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North Swindon

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Justin Tomlinson

question first answered

28/03/2019 17:30:36

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534

label	Biography information for Chris Ruane

1091294

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19/03/2019

answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

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answering dept short name

Work and Pensions

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Work and Pensions

hansard heading

Housing Benefit: Wales

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legislature

25259

pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many households in each Welsh (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) local authority had their housing benefit payments reduced as a result of the benefit cap in (i) 2017 and (ii) 2018.

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Newport East

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Jessica Morden

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234158

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

22/03/2019

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The tables below show the number of households capped under Housing Benefit in the requested geographical areas for the year 2017 and January to November 2018 (the latest published data). The figures do not show the total number of households capped in these areas as the benefit cap can also be applied to Universal Credit awards. Please note that figures have been rounded to protect data confidentiality. <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3">Table 1: Number of households that had their Housing Benefit capped in Wales by Local Authority</td></tr><tr><td>Local Authority name</td><td>January to December 2017</td><td>January to November 2018</td></tr><tr><td>Isle of Anglesey / Ynys Môn</td><td>110</td><td>100</td></tr><tr><td>Gwynedd / Gwynedd</td><td>150</td><td>160</td></tr><tr><td>Conwy / Conwy</td><td>190</td><td>160</td></tr><tr><td>Denbighshire / Sir Ddinbych</td><td>210</td><td>150</td></tr><tr><td>Flintshire / Sir y Fflint</td><td>180</td><td>150</td></tr><tr><td>Wrexham / Wrecsam</td><td>220</td><td>210</td></tr><tr><td>Powys / Powys</td><td>100</td><td>90</td></tr><tr><td>Ceredigion / Ceredigion</td><td>70</td><td>60</td></tr><tr><td>Pembrokeshire / Sir Benfro</td><td>190</td><td>160</td></tr><tr><td>Carmarthenshire / Sir Gaerfyrddin</td><td>250</td><td>210</td></tr><tr><td>Swansea / Abertawe</td><td>410</td><td>360</td></tr><tr><td>Neath Port Talbot / Castell-nedd Port Talbot</td><td>220</td><td>200</td></tr><tr><td>Bridgend / Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr</td><td>270</td><td>230</td></tr><tr><td>Vale of Glamorgan / Bro Morgannwg</td><td>180</td><td>160</td></tr><tr><td>Cardiff / Caerdydd</td><td>1200</td><td>900</td></tr><tr><td>Rhondda Cynon Taf / Rhondda Cynon Taf</td><td>390</td><td>290</td></tr><tr><td>Merthyr Tydfil / Merthyr Tudful</td><td>90</td><td>80</td></tr><tr><td>Caerphilly / Caerffili</td><td>320</td><td>280</td></tr><tr><td>Blaenau Gwent / Blaenau Gwent</td><td>110</td><td>80</td></tr><tr><td>Torfaen / Tor-faen</td><td>200</td><td>170</td></tr><tr><td>Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy</td><td>80</td><td>60</td></tr><tr><td>Newport / Casnewydd</td><td>410</td><td>330</td></tr></tbody></table>Data Source: DWP 100% Single Housing Benefit Extract. <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3">Table 2: Number of households that had their Housing Benefit capped in Wales by Parliamentary Constituency</td></tr><tr><td>Parliamentary Constituency name</td><td>January to December 2017</td><td>January to November 2018</td></tr><tr><td>Ynys Môn</td><td>100</td><td>90</td></tr><tr><td>Delyn</td><td>80</td><td>60</td></tr><tr><td>Alyn and Deeside</td><td>90</td><td>70</td></tr><tr><td>Wrexham</td><td>110</td><td>100</td></tr><tr><td>Llanelli</td><td>150</td><td>110</td></tr><tr><td>Gower</td><td>70</td><td>50</td></tr><tr><td>Swansea West</td><td>140</td><td>90</td></tr><tr><td>Swansea East</td><td>190</td><td>170</td></tr><tr><td>Aberavon</td><td>140</td><td>110</td></tr><tr><td>Cardiff Central</td><td>230</td><td>160</td></tr><tr><td>Cardiff North</td><td>160</td><td>90</td></tr><tr><td>Rhondda</td><td>120</td><td>100</td></tr><tr><td>Torfaen</td><td>190</td><td>150</td></tr><tr><td>Monmouth</td><td>50</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td>Newport East</td><td>240</td><td>160</td></tr><tr><td>Newport West</td><td>190</td><td>170</td></tr><tr><td>Arfon</td><td>80</td><td>80</td></tr><tr><td>Aberconwy</td><td>80</td><td>60</td></tr><tr><td>Clwyd West</td><td>120</td><td>80</td></tr><tr><td>Vale of Clwyd</td><td>160</td><td>120</td></tr><tr><td>Dwyfor Meirionnydd</td><td>60</td><td>50</td></tr><tr><td>Clwyd South</td><td>110</td><td>100</td></tr><tr><td>Montgomeryshire</td><td>40</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td>Ceredigion</td><td>60</td><td>50</td></tr><tr><td>Preseli Pembrokeshire</td><td>100</td><td>90</td></tr><tr><td>Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire</td><td>100</td><td>80</td></tr><tr><td>Carmarthen East and Dinefwr</td><td>70</td><td>50</td></tr><tr><td>Brecon and Radnorshire</td><td>60</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td>Neath</td><td>80</td><td>70</td></tr><tr><td>Cynon Valley</td><td>180</td><td>100</td></tr><tr><td>Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney</td><td>130</td><td>100</td></tr><tr><td>Blaenau Gwent</td><td>110</td><td>70</td></tr><tr><td>Bridgend</td><td>120</td><td>90</td></tr><tr><td>Ogmore</td><td>140</td><td>130</td></tr><tr><td>Pontypridd</td><td>80</td><td>60</td></tr><tr><td>Caerphilly</td><td>160</td><td>140</td></tr><tr><td>Islwyn</td><td>130</td><td>80</td></tr><tr><td>Vale of Glamorgan</td><td>160</td><td>130</td></tr><tr><td>Cardiff West</td><td>350</td><td>280</td></tr><tr><td>Cardiff South and Penarth</td><td>440</td><td>340</td></tr><tr><td>Unknown</td><td>160</td><td>420</td></tr></tbody></table>Data Source: DWP 100% Single Housing Benefit Extract.For cases where we were not able to match to a specific Parliamentary Constituency, we have classified these as ‘unknown’.

answering member constituency

North Swindon

answering member printed

Justin Tomlinson

question first answered

22/03/2019 13:52:56

answering member

4105

label	Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

tabling member

1548

label	Biography information for Jessica Morden

1037866

registered interest

date

08/01/2019

answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

answering dept id

answering dept short name

Work and Pensions

answering dept sort name

Work and Pensions

hansard heading

Housing Benefit: Wales

house id

legislature

25259

pref label	House of Commons

question text

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the amount her Department has spent on housing benefit in each local authority area in Wales in each year for which data is available.

tabling member constituency

Vale of Clwyd

tabling member printed

Chris Ruane

uin

206264

answer

is ministerial correction

date of answer

11/01/2019

answer text

Housing Benefit expenditure by Local Authority from 1996/97 to 2017/18 is published on GOV.uk at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/741593/hb-and-ctb-by-la-2017-18.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/741593/hb-and-ctb-by-la-2017-18.ods</a>

answering member constituency

North Swindon

answering member printed

Justin Tomlinson

question first answered

11/01/2019 09:45:52

answering member

4105

label	Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

tabling member

534

label	Biography information for Chris Ruane