Official Statistics

Benefit cap: number of households capped to February 2024

Statistics on households that have had their benefits capped between 15 April 2013 and February 2024.

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

Documents

Tables: Benefit cap, number of households capped to February 2024

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Details

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

These Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) quarterly publications provide statistics on households affected by the benefit cap and include:

  • cumulative and point-in-time numbers of households capped
  • number of households that were previously capped but have moved off the cap

Updates to this page

Published 18 June 2024

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