Benefit Cap: number of households capped to May 2019
Statistics on households that have had their benefits capped between 15 April 2013 and May 2019.
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The latest release of these statistics can be found in the benefit cap statistics collection.
This Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) publication shows the number of households that had their Housing Benefit capped from 15 April 2013 to May 2019.
Explore the statistics with our interactive tools
Find further breakdowns of benefit cap statistics in Stat-Xplore, an online tool for exploring some of DWP’s main statistics. You can use Stat-Xplore to create your own tables and charts.
View an Interactive dashboard of key benefit cap statistics by region. Select a region to see the number and family make-up of capped households and the outcomes for households that have moved off the cap.
Publication frequency
The review about the frequency of publication of these statistics is now closed and we are analysing your feedback. Findings will be published soon and these will outline any changes to the frequency of publication.
More information
Read the background information and methodology publication for more information.
Updates to this page
Published 1 August 2019Last updated 28 October 2019 + show all updates
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Added a note that the review about the frequency of publication of these statistics is now closed and we are analysing your feedback.
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The email address provided for the consultation on the frequency of publication of some benefit statistics was wrong. The correct email to send feedback to is: [email protected]. The quarterly statistics release has been republished with the correct email address on page 17. No changes to the data have been made.
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Replaced tables. In Table 12, a correction has been made to the number of household types within the regions of Scotland and Wales. This was due to the mis-categorisation of household types during data processing.
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First published.