Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 100501

Social Security Benefits

Tabled: 16 December 2025
Answered: 5 January 2026
Named Day

Question

Neil O'Brien

ConservativeHarborough, Oadby and Wigston

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households received benefit payments above the level of the household benefit cap in each of the last 12 months.

Answer

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