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.

• From: Department for Work and Pensions
• Published: 17 September 2024

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

Documents

Benefit cap: number of households capped to May 2024

Ref: ISBN 978-1-78659-706-9

HTML

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

ODS, 160 KB

This file is in an OpenDocument format

This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.

Request an accessible format.

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email accessible.formats@dwp.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

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

Published 17 September 2024