Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 96251

Social Security Benefits

Tabled: 2 December 2025
Answered: 8 December 2025
Named Day

Question

Helen Whately

ConservativeFaversham and Mid Kent

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate the Department has made of the level of change in the number of households exempt from the benefit cap following the Autumn Budget 2025.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
No assessment has been made.