Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 108279
Social Security Benefits
Tabled: 26 January 2026
Answered: 4 February 2026
Question
Neil O'Brien
Conservative — Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the operation of the household benefit cap relies on manual administration; and how many people in his Department work on its administration.
Answer
Sir Stephen TimmsThe benefit cap is calculated automatically as part of the UC calculation on the UC administrative system and no manual processing is involved. A small number of households (340, as of August 2025) are capped via Housing Benefit (HB). The calculations rel...
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