Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 4 December 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of (a) households and (b) individuals who (i) became liable to the household benefit cap and (ii) ceased to be liable to benefit cap (A) nationally and (B) in each region in the most recent month for which figures are available.
The Department has published information, through its impact assessment and ad hoc statistical releases, regarding the number of households and individuals it expects may be impacted by the benefit cap when it is introduced from April 2013. This information is available at:
http://statistics.dwp.gov.uk/asd/index.php?page=adhoc_analysis
http://www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/benefit-cap-wr2011-ia.pdf
By using the number of letters sent to households and individuals as a proxy, a comparison can be made to the number of households and individuals who were liable for the household benefit cap. Although figures for the most recent month are not available, the number of letters sent to households and individuals between the July direct mail and the start of the September direct mail can be found at the national level in the published information. Information is not available to answer the remaining parts of the question.
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