Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment her Department has made of the impact inflation will have on the benefit cap.

No assessment has been made of the impact of inflation on the level of the benefit cap.

Households receiving disability benefits and/or entitled to carer benefits are exempt to ensure the most vulnerable are supported.

The government is continuing to provide targeted cost of living support for households most in need. From April, the government is providing an additional £500 million to help vulnerable households with the cost of essentials, on top of what we have already provided since October 2021, bringing the total funding for this support to £1 billion.