Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing

Work and Pensions written question – answered at on 18 October 2013.

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Photo of Karen Buck Karen Buck Labour, Westminster North

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to how many households the benefit cap has been applied (a) in each local authority area and (b) in total.

Photo of Esther McVey Esther McVey The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions

Official statistics on how many households in each local authority have had the benefit cap applied are not currently available.

Official statistics on how many households have had the benefit cap applied nationally have been published and can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-cap-number-of-households-capped-to-august-2013

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