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<p>The latest official statistics for households capped under Housing Benefit and
Universal Credit were published on 2<sup>nd</sup> May 2019, and contain data on households
capped to February 2019, published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-cap-number-of-households-capped-to-february-2019"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-cap-number-of-households-capped-to-february-2019</a>.</p><p>Statistics
by Local Authority are available in Tables 2 and 9, respectively. The number of households
who have had their Housing Benefit award capped by local authorities are also published
on the DWP Stat Xplore portal (<a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/</a>).</p><p>
</p><p>Statistics on the use of Discretionary Housing Payments (for local authorities
in England and Wales) are provided by local authorities on a voluntary basis and as
such may not correspond exactly to the total Discretionary Housing Payment funds allocated.
In addition, Discretionary Housing Payment awards can be recorded against a combination
of welfare reform categories including households affected by the benefit cap.</p><p>
</p><p>The latest statistics on spend by local authorities, covering the period April
to September 2018, are published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/use-of-discretionary-housing-payments-april-to-september-2018"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/use-of-discretionary-housing-payments-april-to-september-2018</a>.</p><p>Statistics
relating to the specific welfare reform category can be found in Table 7.</p><p> </p><p>The
latest full year of statistics available are for the 17/18 financial year and are
published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/use-of-discretionary-housing-payments-financial-year-2017-to-2018"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/use-of-discretionary-housing-payments-financial-year-2017-to-2018</a>.</p>
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