Official Statistics

Benefit cap: number of households capped to February 2020

Statistics on households that have had their benefits capped between 15 April 2013 and February 2020.

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

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

Documents

Benefit cap quarterly statistics: GB households capped to February 2020

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Details

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 February 2020.

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More information

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

Published 7 May 2020
Last updated 6 August 2020 + show all updates

1. 6 August 2020

   Revised version of the benefit cap statistics PDF file. Revisions to a chart on page 6 which shows the number of single-parent capped households by age of youngest child at February 2020. There have been no revisions to the labels and commentary. Revisions to commentary on page 6 which discusses the proportion of capped households with children that have between 1 and 4 children and 5 or more children. The commentary has been adjusted so that the correct percentages are included for the data at February 2020. 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 February 2020. 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. 17 June 2020

   Revisions made to the statistical release PDF - to the commentary on page 10 about the off flows for households that had been previously capped. The commentary has been amended to show the data refers to February 2020.

3. 2 June 2020

   Revisions made to the statistical release PDF. The labels and commentary on the 2 maps on page 5 and the commentary on page 12 have been changed to show the data refers to February 2020.

4. 7 May 2020

   Removed the calculation information from rows 14 and 15 of tables 2 and 4, and row 15 of tables 9 and 12. The removal of this information has not changed any of the data in the tables.

5. 7 May 2020

   First published.