Andrew Rosindell – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Rosindell on 2014-03-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the benefit cap.

Esther McVey

We expect a full evaluation of the policy to be published in autumn 2014.

Latest figures show that 4,250 households that were previously subject to the benefit cap found jobs since the limit was introduced in April 2013.

In total, more than 38,600 households had their benefits capped by January 2014