Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 100504

Social Security Benefits

Tabled: 16 December 2025
Answered: 30 December 2025

Question

Neil O'Brien

ConservativeHarborough, Oadby and Wigston

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households are exempt from the household benefit cap because they meet the earnings rule.

Answer

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