Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 96712

Social Security Benefits: Children

Tabled: 3 December 2025
Answered: 9 December 2025
Named Day

Question

Helen Whately

ConservativeFaversham and Mid Kent

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, of the households who flowed off the household benefit cap in the quarter to May 2025, how many had the off-flow outcome due to the (a) household’s benefit income being reduced to under the cap levels,

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
The Department publishes Official Statistics on the number of households in Great Britain on Housing Benefit or Universal Credit that have flowed off the benefit cap, including outcome at off-flow, which are published quarterly on Stat-Xplore and are curr...

This is an extract from the Parliament API. Search the full answer on Parliament.uk (UIN 96712) →