To ask Her Majesty's Government how many families with three or more children have been affected by the benefit cap in each month since April 2017; how many children were included in each affected family; how many families were (1) lone parent families or (2) two-parent families; and how many of those families had one or more parents in work.
Answered on
23 January 2018
The table below shows the number of households with three or more children that had their Housing Benefit capped at each month since April 2017 by family type and number of children, for lone parent families and two-parent families.
The information requested on the number of families with three or more children that have been affected by the benefit cap in each month since April 2017 with one or more parents in work is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Households receiving Universal Credit with earning of £520 a month and households receiving Working Tax Credit are exempt from the benefit cap. At August 2017 38,795 households that had previously had their Housing Benefit capped and were no longer capped had an open Working Tax Credit claim, indicating that they had moved into work.
Number of households with three or more children that had their Housing Benefit capped at each month since April 2017 by family type and number of children | ||||
April 2017 | ||||
Family Type | Couple with child dependant(s) | Single with child dependant(s) | Total | |
- | Number of Children | |||
- | 3 dependants | 5,987 | 21,349 | 27,335 |
- | 4 dependants | 3,614 | 11,752 | 15,368 |
- | 5 dependants | 1,543 | 3,463 | 5,008 |
- | More than 5 dependants | 639 | 1,024 | 1,663 |
- | Total | 11,789 | 37,592 | 49,378 |
May 2017 | ||||
Family Type | Couple with child dependant(s) | Single with child dependant(s) | Total | |
- | Number of Children | |||
- | 3 dependants | 6,251 | 21,539 | 27,793 |
- | 4 dependants | 3,742 | 12,100 | 15,840 |
- | 5 dependants | 1,590 | 3,550 | 5,142 |
- | More than 5 dependants | 677 | 1,045 | 1,721 |
- | Total | 12,255 | 38,238 | 50,501 |
June 2017 | ||||
Family Type | Couple with child dependant(s) | Single with child dependant(s) | Total | |
- | Number of Children | |||
- | 3 dependants | 6,233 | 21,958 | 28,192 |
- | 4 dependants | 3,704 | 12,068 | 15,773 |
- | 5 dependants | 1,607 | 3,595 | 5,198 |
- | More than 5 dependants | 681 | 1,058 | 1,739 |
- | Total | 12,224 | 38,676 | 50,898 |
July 2017 | ||||
Family Type | Couple with child dependant(s) | Single with child dependant(s) | Total | |
- | Number of Children | |||
- | 3 dependants | 6,149 | 22,466 | 28,610 |
- | 4 dependants | 3,575 | 12,045 | 15,628 |
- | 5 dependants | 1,581 | 3,529 | 5,108 |
- | More than 5 dependants | 651 | 1,043 | 1,693 |
- | Total | 11,959 | 39,086 | 51,046 |
August 2017 | ||||
Family Type | Couple with child dependant(s) | Single with child dependant(s) | Total | |
- | Number of Children | |||
- | 3 dependants | 5,948 | 22,439 | 28,384 |
- | 4 dependants | 3,522 | 11,848 | 15,370 |
- | 5 dependants | 1,572 | 3,472 | 5,043 |
- | More than 5 dependants | 639 | 1,051 | 1,697 |
- | Total | 11,677 | 38,812 | 50,485 |
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INFO | Statistical disclosure control has been applied to these tables to avoid the release of confidential data. Totals may not sum due to the disclosure control applied. | |||
Source: Department for Work and Pensions |