Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will reduce the benefit cap further.

The level of the benefit cap was recently reviewed as part of the annual up-rating process and the level is not being changed for 2015/16. The rates of benefits and pensions for 2015/16, including the cap, were announced at the time of the Autumn Statement and can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/proposed-benefit-and-pension-rates-2015-to-2016.

The Government will continue to regularly review the level of the benefit cap and a future Conservative government would, as announced by the Chancellor at the 2014 Conservative Party conference, lower the cap to £23,000.