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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-03-18more like thismore than 2024-03-18
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 remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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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 total revenue accrued by the Exchequer since the introduction of the benefit cap; and how many and what proportion of households are impacted in (i) England, (ii) Scotland, (iii) Wales, (iv) Northern Ireland and (v) each parliamentary constituency in the latest period for which data is available. more like this
tabling member constituency East Lothian more like this
tabling member printed
Kenny MacAskill more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-03-26more like thismore than 2024-03-26
answer text <p>Since the introduction of the benefit cap in April 2013 to November 2023 (the latest data available) an estimated £2.2 billion has been accrued in Housing Benefit (HB) and Universal Credit (UC) expenditure in Great Britain due to the benefit cap.</p><p> </p><p>Official statistics on the number and proportion of working-age households in receipt of UC and HB who are capped up to November 2023 are available on Stat-Xplore for the requested geographies. Official Statistics on the total number of households in Great Britain on HB or UC for the same geographies are also available on Stat-Xplore up to November 2023. You can log in or access <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/" target="_blank">Stat-Xplore</a> as a guest user and, if needed, you can access <a href="https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/Getting-Started.html" target="_blank">guidance</a> on how to extract the information required.</p><p> </p><p>Benefit cap statistics for Northern Ireland are published by the <a href="https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/articles/benefit-cap-statistics" target="_blank">Department for Communities</a>.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p>Source: Benefit Cap Official Statistics up to Nov-23 published in Mar-24</p><ul><li>Total savings are rounded to the nearest £100m</li><li>UC data is only available from October 2016 and for UC Full Service cases only</li><li>Figures do not include households capped in UC Live Service and so this figure will represent a small undercount of the total savings</li></ul>
answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds more like this
answering member printed Jo Churchill more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-03-26T12:51:21.337Zmore like thismore than 2024-03-26T12:51:21.337Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Jo Churchill more like this
tabling member
4772
label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill more like this