Benefit cap: number of households capped to May 2023
Statistics on households that have had their benefits capped between 15 April 2013 and May 2023.
Applies to England and Wales
Documents
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
The Benefit Cap statistics are badged as Official Statistics covering the number of households capped under:
- Housing Benefit from April 2013
- Universal Credit (UC) from October 2016
In Spring 2023, the Chief Statistician for DWP led an internal review of all experimental official statistics produced by DWP. This is in line with the Code of Practice for Statistics. The review found that it was appropriate to remove the experimental label from the UC series in the Benefit Cap statistics because it is no longer under development. As of 19 September 2023, the UC series in these statistics are also now classed as ‘official statistics’.
Feedback
Email james.gray9@dwp.gov.uk with queries and feedback about the benefit cap statistics. We are only able to reply to questions about the statistics.