Research and analysis

Benefit cap: review of the first year

This document is a review of the benefit cap during its first year of operation from April 2013.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 15 December 2014

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

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The benefit cap: a review of the first year

Ref: ISBN 9781474113205, Cm. 8985

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Welsh: Y cap ar fudd-daliadau: adolygiad o’r flwyddyn gyntaf

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Details

The benefit cap was introduced from April 2013. It sets a limit on the total amount of benefits that working-age households can receive. Broadly, households on out-of-work benefits no longer receive more in welfare payments than the average weekly wage.

This document reviews the first year of the benefit cap.

We have also published a series of evaluation reports reviewing progress against the aims of the benefit cap during the first year of operation.

Published 15 December 2014