Official Statistics

Benefit cap: number of households capped to August 2019

Statistics on households that have had their benefits capped between 15 April 2013 and August 2019.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 7 November 2019
• Last updated: 6 August 2020 — See all updates

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

Documents

Benefit cap quarterly statistics: GB households capped to August 2019

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Tables: Benefit cap quarterly statistics: GB households capped to August 2019

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Details

The latest release of these statistics can be found in the benefit cap statistics collection.

This Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) publication shows the number of households that had their Housing Benefit capped from 15 April 2013 to August 2019.

Explore the statistics with our interactive tools

Find further breakdowns of benefit cap statistics in Stat-Xplore, an online tool for exploring some of DWP’s main statistics. You can use Stat-Xplore to create your own tables and charts.

View an Interactive dashboard of key benefit cap statistics by region. Select a region to see the number and family make-up of capped households and the outcomes for households that have moved off the cap.

Publication frequency

The review about the frequency of publication of these statistics is now closed and we are analysing your feedback. Findings will be published soon and these will outline any changes to the frequency of publication.

More information

Read the background information and methodology publication for more information.

Published 7 November 2019
Last updated 6 August 2020 + show all updates

1. 6 August 2020

   Revised version of the benefit cap statistics PDF file. Revisions to the commentary on page 10 which discuss the off flows for households that had been previously capped. The title has been adjusted to show the correct total amount of off-flows for August 2019. Also, the commentary in the first paragraph has been adjusted to include the revised total off-flows figure and the change from the previous quarter.

2. 7 November 2019

   First published.