Q. Housing Benefit: Wales

Housing Benefit: Wales

(asked on 19th March 2019) - View Source

Questioner

Jessica Morden
(Labour - Newport East)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many households in each Welsh (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) local authority had their housing benefit payments reduced as a result of the benefit cap in (i) 2017 and (ii) 2018.

Answered by

Justin Tomlinson

This question was answered on 22nd March 2019

The tables below show the number of households capped under Housing Benefit in the requested geographical areas for the year 2017 and January to November 2018 (the latest published data). The figures do not show the total number of households capped in these areas as the benefit cap can also be applied to Universal Credit awards. Please note that figures have been rounded to protect data confidentiality.

Table 1: Number of households that had their Housing Benefit capped in Wales by Local Authority
Local Authority name	January to December 2017	January to November 2018
Isle of Anglesey / Ynys Môn	110	100
Gwynedd / Gwynedd	150	160
Conwy / Conwy	190	160
Denbighshire / Sir Ddinbych	210	150
Flintshire / Sir y Fflint	180	150
Wrexham / Wrecsam	220	210
Powys / Powys	100	90
Ceredigion / Ceredigion	70	60
Pembrokeshire / Sir Benfro	190	160
Carmarthenshire / Sir Gaerfyrddin	250	210
Swansea / Abertawe	410	360
Neath Port Talbot / Castell-nedd Port Talbot	220	200
Bridgend / Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr	270	230
Vale of Glamorgan / Bro Morgannwg	180	160
Cardiff / Caerdydd	1200	900
Rhondda Cynon Taf / Rhondda Cynon Taf	390	290
Merthyr Tydfil / Merthyr Tudful	90	80
Caerphilly / Caerffili	320	280
Blaenau Gwent / Blaenau Gwent	110	80
Torfaen / Tor-faen	200	170
Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy	80	60
Newport / Casnewydd	410	330

Data Source: DWP 100% Single Housing Benefit Extract.

Table 2: Number of households that had their Housing Benefit capped in Wales by Parliamentary Constituency
Parliamentary Constituency name	January to December 2017	January to November 2018
Ynys Môn	100	90
Delyn	80	60
Alyn and Deeside	90	70
Wrexham	110	100
Llanelli	150	110
Gower	70	50
Swansea West	140	90
Swansea East	190	170
Aberavon	140	110
Cardiff Central	230	160
Cardiff North	160	90
Rhondda	120	100
Torfaen	190	150
Monmouth	50	40
Newport East	240	160
Newport West	190	170
Arfon	80	80
Aberconwy	80	60
Clwyd West	120	80
Vale of Clwyd	160	120
Dwyfor Meirionnydd	60	50
Clwyd South	110	100
Montgomeryshire	40	40
Ceredigion	60	50
Preseli Pembrokeshire	100	90
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire	100	80
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	70	50
Brecon and Radnorshire	60	40
Neath	80	70
Cynon Valley	180	100
Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	130	100
Blaenau Gwent	110	70
Bridgend	120	90
Ogmore	140	130
Pontypridd	80	60
Caerphilly	160	140
Islwyn	130	80
Vale of Glamorgan	160	130
Cardiff West	350	280
Cardiff South and Penarth	440	340
Unknown	160	420

Data Source: DWP 100% Single Housing Benefit Extract.

For cases where we were not able to match to a specific Parliamentary Constituency, we have classified these as ‘unknown’.

Housing Benefit: Wales

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