Benefits Cap Affects 77,000 Households

The Department for Work and Pensions has published the figures for households that have had their benefits capped between 15th April 2013 and November 2019. In total:

·         77,000 households had their benefits capped: 37,000 had Housing Benefit capped and 40,000 had Universal Credit capped at November 2019.

·         3,000 fewer households had their benefits capped: 6,600 (15%) fewer households had Housing Benefit capped, whilst 3,600 (10%) more households had Universal Credit capped at November 2019 compared to August 2019.

·         290,000 households have been capped: 220,000 have had Housing Benefit capped and 77,000 have had Universal Credit capped at some point between April 2013 and November 2019.

Read more on the DWP website.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/863805/benefit-cap-statistics-november-2019.pdf