Official Statistics

Benefit cap: number of households capped to August 2021

Statistics on households that have had their benefits capped between 15 April 2013 and August 2021.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 14 December 2021
• Last updated: 19 January 2022 — See all updates

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

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 2021.

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Read the background information and methodology publication for more information about the benefit cap statistics.

Published 14 December 2021
Last updated 19 January 2022 + show all updates

1. 19 January 2022

   Updated a bullet point about households capped in section 1 of the release to read 'at August 2021' instead 'at May 2021'. The full bullet point now reads "the number of households that had their UC capped at August 2021 was 160,000, a decrease of 1,500, or 1%, from May 2021".

2. 14 December 2021

   First published.