Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 95982

Social Security Benefits

Tabled: 1 December 2025

Answered: 4 December 2025

Named Day

Question

Neil O'Brien

Conservative — Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the impact of each exemption from the Household Benefit Cap on (a) the number of households subject to the cap and (b) overall welfare expenditure.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms

The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.