Post-implementation effects of the benefit cap: headline findings
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Research and analysis: Benefit cap: post-implementation effects: headline findings
Research and analysis
Benefit cap: post-implementation effects: headline findings
Organisation:
Department for Work and Pensions
Page history:
Published 14 April 2014
Policy:
Simplifying the welfare system and making sure work pays
Collections:
Survey about the effects of the benefit cap following its implementation.
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The benefit cap places a limit on the total amount of benefits that out of work households can receive. It is set at:
- £500 a week for couples (with or without children living with them) and lone parents whose children live with them
- £350 a week for single adults who don’t have children, or whose children don’t live with them.
The cap was introduced in a phased roll-out from April 2013.
For this research, Ipsos MORI surveyed 1,200 claimants who were affected by the cap. They conducted interviews by phone between 7 and 26 February 2014.
The survey forms part of DWP’s evaluation of the benefit cap.