Official Statistics

Benefit cap: number of households capped to May 2024

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

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

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Benefit cap: number of households capped to May 2024

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

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Details

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 17 September 2024

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