Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of people who were previously on benefits that have moved to part-time or full-time work following the introduction of the cap on benefits.

Over 50,000 households have been capped to August 2014, with almost 24,000 no longer capped. Of those no longer capped 40 per cent or 9,624 households went into work. The actual number of households who have gone into work may be higher; some individuals may go into work but may not be eligible to claim WTC if their earnings are too high or the hours worked do not meet the claim requirements. Further information can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-cap-number-of-households-capped-to-august-2014