Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 56996

Social Security Benefits: East Thanet

Tabled: 3 June 2025

Answered: 9 June 2025

Named Day

Question

Ms Polly Billington

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households who are receiving the maximum permitted benefits under the benefit cap have one or more children with a disability in East Thanet constituency.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms

Households receiving disability benefits are exempt from the benefit cap. Households are exempt from the benefit cap if somebody in the household is receiving, for example, Disability Living Allowance or Personal Independence Payment. Universal Credit cus...

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