Social Security Benefits: Greater London
(asked on 8th October 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of claimants affected by the Benefit Cap in each London borough are in receipt of (a) Job Seekers Allowance, (b) Employment Support Allowance, (c) Income Support, and (d) Universal Credit and (e) another benefit.
The number of households in each London borough that had their Housing Benefit capped in May 2018 in receipt of (a) Job Seekers Allowance, (b) Employment Support Allowance, (c) Income Support
London Borough | Total number of households that had their Housing Benefit capped | Number of households in receipt of: | ||
a) Jobseeker's Allowance | b) Employment and Support Allowance (Work-Related Activity Group and awaiting assessment) | c) Income Support | ||
Barking and Dagenham | 323 | 62 | 32 | 167 |
Barnet | 764 | 200 | 140 | 234 |
Bexley | 221 | 26 | 24 | 129 |
Brent | 1,200 | 420 | 205 | 309 |
Bromley | 206 | 25 | 15 | 133 |
Camden | 449 | 146 | 101 | 121 |
City of London | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Croydon | 300 | 36 | 26 | 180 |
Ealing | 1,100 | 330 | 122 | 408 |
Enfield | 968 | 133 | 139 | 500 |
Greenwich | 287 | 43 | 22 | 180 |
Hackney | 966 | 300 | 166 | 305 |
Hammersmith and Fulham | 235 | 56 | 34 | 108 |
Haringey | 631 | 111 | 108 | 276 |
Harrow | 286 | 54 | 22 | 125 |
Havering | 217 | 31 | 17 | 117 |
Hillingdon | 365 | 66 | 34 | 195 |
Hounslow | 183 | 22 | 8 | 97 |
Islington | 355 | 109 | 50 | 148 |
Kensington and Chelsea | 328 | 66 | 78 | 106 |
Kingston upon Thames | 165 | 46 | 31 | 64 |
Lambeth | 457 | 67 | 58 | 250 |
Lewisham | 476 | 74 | 72 | 282 |
Merton | 140 | 34 | 11 | 63 |
Newham | 711 | 165 | 87 | 290 |
Redbridge | 259 | 47 | 34 | 117 |
Richmond upon Thames | 141 | 21 | 25 | 69 |
Southwark | 301 | 22 | 36 | 189 |
Sutton | 62 | 8 | 6 | 34 |
Tower Hamlets | 608 | 145 | 68 | 283 |
Waltham Forest | 415 | 90 | 38 | 203 |
Wandsworth | 507 | 138 | 79 | 191 |
Westminster | 477 | 129 | 109 | 125 |
The total number of households that have their Housing Benefit capped have been randomly adjusted to avoid the release of confidential data. This is consistent with published statistics. More information on this can be found in Stat-Xplore, DWP’s online interactive tabulation tool. Stat-Xplore can be accessed here: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/
In the breakdowns by benefit figures less than 5 have been removed to avoid the release of confidential data.
The proportion of households in each London borough that had their Housing Benefit capped in May 2018 in receipt of (a) Job Seekers Allowance, (b) Employment Support Allowance, (c) Income Support
London Borough | Proportion of households in receipt of Housing Benefit that were in receipt of: | ||
a) Jobseeker's Allowance | b) Employment and Support Allowance (Work-Related Activity Group and awaiting assessment) | c) Income Support | |
Barking and Dagenham | 19% | 10% | 52% |
Barnet | 26% | 18% | 31% |
Bexley | 12% | 11% | 58% |
Brent | 35% | 17% | 26% |
Bromley | 12% | 7% | 65% |
Camden | 33% | 22% | 27% |
City of London | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Croydon | 12% | 9% | 60% |
Ealing | 30% | 11% | 37% |
Enfield | 14% | 14% | 52% |
Greenwich | 15% | 8% | 63% |
Hackney | 31% | 17% | 32% |
Hammersmith and Fulham | 24% | 14% | 46% |
Haringey | 18% | 17% | 44% |
Harrow | 19% | 8% | 44% |
Havering | 14% | 8% | 54% |
Hillingdon | 18% | 9% | 53% |
Hounslow | 12% | 4% | 53% |
Islington | 31% | 14% | 42% |
Kensington and Chelsea | 20% | 24% | 32% |
Kingston upon Thames | 28% | 19% | 39% |
Lambeth | 15% | 13% | 55% |
Lewisham | 16% | 15% | 59% |
Merton | 24% | 8% | 45% |
Newham | 23% | 12% | 41% |
Redbridge | 18% | 13% | 45% |
Richmond upon Thames | 15% | 18% | 49% |
Southwark | 7% | 12% | 63% |
Sutton | 13% | 10% | 55% |
Tower Hamlets | 24% | 11% | 47% |
Waltham Forest | 22% | 9% | 49% |
Wandsworth | 27% | 16% | 38% |
Westminster | 27% | 23% | 26% |
The number of households in each London borough that had their Universal Credit capped in May 2018 in receipt of (d) Universal Credit
London Borough | d) Universal Credit |
Barking and Dagenham | 10 |
Barnet | 20 |
Bexley | 0 |
Brent | 30 |
Bromley | 0 |
Camden | 10 |
City of London | 0 |
Croydon | 530 |
Ealing | 110 |
Enfield | 130 |
Greenwich | 0 |
Hackney | 10 |
Hammersmith and Fulham | 310 |
Haringey | 0 |
Harrow | 0 |
Havering | 0 |
Hillingdon | 20 |
Hounslow | 410 |
Islington | 0 |
Kensington and Chelsea | 160 |
Kingston upon Thames | 10 |
Lambeth | 70 |
Lewisham | 50 |
Merton | 70 |
Newham | 0 |
Redbridge | 0 |
Richmond upon Thames | 30 |
Southwark | 250 |
Sutton | 130 |
Tower Hamlets | 320 |
Waltham Forest | 0 |
Wandsworth | 70 |
Westminster | 20 |
Figures for the number of households that had their Universal Credit capped have been rounded to the nearest 10 and figures less than 5 have been removed to avoid the release of confidential data. This is consistent with published statistics.
All households that had their Universal Credit capped in May 2018 were in receipt of Universal Credit.
(e) All households that had their Housing Benefit capped in May 2018 were in receipt of Housing Benefit.
Figures for households that had Housing Benefit capped are presented separately to those that had their Universal Credit capped in line with the Benefit Cap official statistics.
Figures for the total number of households that had their Housing Benefit capped are consistent with published figures on Stat Xplore.