Richard Fuller – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Richard Fuller on 2015-10-27.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the benefit cap on the number of workless households.

Justin Tomlinson

I refer the hon.Member to the answer I gave today to Oral Question UIN 901933

The benefit cap is having a long term positive impact on people’s lives, and encouraging them to find work.

Over 60,000 households have been capped since April 2013. As of May 2015, over 40,000 households were no longer subject to the benefit cap. Of those, 16,300 households moved into work.