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<p>The Department advised users on GOV.UK on 7 November 2023, that information on
the age of youngest child for capped Housing Benefit households will be suspended
from the next release of Benefit Cap statistics (due to be published on 12 December
2023). This is due to an issue with the quality of the HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC)
statistical Child Benefit data, which is currently being investigated. We will reinstate
the breakdown in the statistical series as soon as possible, in line with the UK Statistics
Authority (UKSA) Code of Practice for Statistics.</p><p> </p><p>In May 2023, 91% of
capped households were on Universal Credit (UC) and are not affected by this issue.
The statistics for the age of youngest child in UC capped households will be published
as normal on 12 December 2023.</p>
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