Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 100501
Social Security Benefits
Tabled: 16 December 2025
Answered: 5 January 2026
Named DayQuestion
Neil O'Brien
Conservative — Harborough, 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 TimmsThe information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.