Asked by: David Lammy (Labour - Tottenham)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in (a) Tottenham constituency and (b) the London Borough of Harringey will be affected by the extension of the benefit cap to £23,000; and what the average cut in benefits will be.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
It is estimated that around 500 households in Tottenham constituency and 800 households in the London Borough of Haringey will be affected by the lower benefit cap in 2016/17.
It is estimated that the average reduction to benefits for capped households will be £66 per week in Tottenham constituency and £68 per week in the London Borough of Haringey in 2016/17. These represent the overall average reduction from the benefit cap including the impact of both the existing higher benefit cap and the new lower benefit cap.
Notes:
The benefit cap will be lowered from 7th November from £26,000 to £20,000, except in London where it will be lowered to £23,000 (a lower cap applies to single adult households). To help ensure Local Authorities are able to protect the most vulnerable Housing Benefit claimants and to support households adjusting to our welfare reforms, the Government will provide £870m funding for Discretionary Housing Payments over the next 5 years from 2016/17. Information about this and other measures to ease the transition for families affected by this policy change is included in the latest impact assessment at the link above.
Asked by: Karen Buck (Labour - Westminster North)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of claimants affected by the lower benefit cap in (a) Westminster City Council and (b) the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea are in receipt of (i) jobseeker's allowance, (ii) employment and support allowance and (iii) income support.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The information is provided in the table below.
Estimated breakdown of households affected by the lower cap levels by benefit receipt, 2016/17, GB
Benefit Received | Proportion of Capped Households | |
Westminster City Council | Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea | |
Employment and Support Allowance | 34% | 31% |
Income Support | 25% | 27% |
Jobseeker's Allowance | 28% | 27% |
Other | 13% | 15% |
Total | 100% | 100% |
Notes:
Asked by: Stephen Timms (Labour - East Ham)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in (a) East Ham constituency and (b) the London Borough of Newham will be affected by the extension of the benefit cap to £23,000; and in each such case what the average reduction in benefits will be.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
It is estimated that around 400 households in East Ham constituency and 800 households in the London Borough of Newham will be affected by the lower benefit cap in 2016/17.
It is estimated that the average reduction to benefits for capped households will be £76 per week in East Ham constituency and £74 per week in the London Borough of Newham in 2016/17. This is the overall average reduction from the benefit cap including the impact of both the existing higher benefit cap and the new lower benefit cap.
Notes:
Asked by: Jim Fitzpatrick (Labour - Poplar and Limehouse)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2016 to Question 45327, what proportion of claimants affected by the lower benefit cap in (a) Tower Hamlets and (b) London are in receipt of (i) jobseeker's allowance, (ii) employment support allowance and (iii) income support.
Answered by Caroline Nokes
The information is provided in the table below.
Estimated breakdown of households affected by the lower cap levels by benefit receipt, 2016/17, GB
Benefit Received | Proportion of Capped Households | |
London Borough of Tower Hamlets | London | |
Employment and Support Allowance | 25% | 22% |
Income Support | 36% | 39% |
Jobseeker's Allowance | 27% | 25% |
Other | 12% | 14% |
Total | 100% | 100% |
Notes:
Asked by: Sadiq Khan (Labour - Tooting)
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 living in London who are likely to move home because of a reduction in the benefit cap to £23,000.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The Government set out its assessment of the impacts of the policies in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill on 20th July. A link to the impact assessment on the www.parliament.uk website is included.
http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006.pdf
Asked by: Sadiq Khan (Labour - Tooting)
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 children living in households in London likely to be affected by a reduction in the benefit cap to £23,000.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The Government set out its assessment of the impacts of the policies in the Welfare Reform and Work Bill on 20th July. A link to the impact assessment on the www.parliament.uk website is included.
http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006.pdf
Asked by: Sadiq Khan (Labour - Tooting)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have been affected by the benefit cap in Greater London since April 2013.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Data on the number of households capped since April 2013 by geographical breakdown can be found in Stat-Xplore, the Department’s online interactive tabulation tool, which can be accessed here:
https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/
Asked by: Stephen Timms (Labour - East Ham)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in London are affected by the household benefit cap; and how many such people have been placed by their local authority in temporary accommodation.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The number of households that were subject to the benefit cap in February 2015, the latest available information, in London was 10,520. Data on the number of people placed by their local authority in temporary accommodation is not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Joan Ryan (The Independent Group for Change - Enfield North)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of lowering the overall benefit cap to £23,000 on the number of children living in a household in (a) London, (b) Enfield and (c) Enfield North constituency with an income below 60 per cent of median household income.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
We will publish a full Impact Assessment in due course.
Asked by: Joan Ryan (The Independent Group for Change - Enfield North)
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 children living in households in (a) London, (b) Enfield and (c) Enfield North constituency that will be affected by a reduction of the benefit cap to £23,000.
Answered by Justin Tomlinson - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
We will publish a full Impact Assessment in due course.