Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 74560
Social Security Benefits
Tabled: 2 September 2025
Answered: 7 September 2025
Named DayQuestion
Sir Mel Stride
Conservative — Central Devon
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households were exempted from the benefit cap for the latest period for which data is available, by (a) reason for exemption and (b) amount they would otherwise have had capped.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsThe requested statistics are not readily held by the Department and to produce them would incur disproportionate cost.