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Benefit cap statistics: background information and methodology
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Benefit cap statistics: background information and methodology
Information about benefit cap statistics and methodology including the purpose, source, definitions and limitations of statistics covered.
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The benefit cap statistics show:
- cumulative number of households capped
- point-in-time number of households capped at each month since the cap was introduced
- number of households that were previously capped but have moved off the cap
- experimental statistics on the point-in-time number of households that have had their Universal Credit capped
Published 5 May 2016
Last updated 2 August 2018 + show all updates
Last updated 2 August 2018 + show all updates