Benefits cap hurts children and lone parents

The DWP has produced statistics showing the number of households capped to June 2013

By the end of June 2013:

• Almost 2.7 thousand households had their housing benefit capped
• 85% of households had between 1 and 4 children
• 74% of households constituted a single parent with child dependents
• 69% of households were capped by £100 or less

There are no figures for affected households where someone has a disability.

To view the full breakdown go to https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-cap-number-of-households-capped-across-phased-area-local-authorities-data-to-june-2013

For more about the benefits cap see Factsheet F8 - benefits cap.