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Written question asked by Imran Hussain (Labour) on Monday, 18 December 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 21 December 2017 (named day). It was answered by Caroline Dinenage (Conservative) on Thursday, 21 December 2017 on behalf of the Department for Work and Pensions.


Social Security Benefits: Uprating

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children live in households that will be affected by the benefit cap after the recent welfare payment uprating.

Answer

The eligible benefits which are considered when calculating whether an individual has their benefit capped are frozen for 2018/2019. As such no additional households will be brought into scope of the cap through benefit uprating.

Statistics on the number of households capped, including those with children, can be found here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/benefit-cap-statistics


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
120084
Session
2017-19
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Children Social security benefits Uprating
Link
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