Official Statistics

Benefit Cap Report Northern Ireland

The Benefit Cap Report Northern Ireland analyses the impact of the introduction of the Benefit Cap in June 2016, until January 2019. It looks at the geographical spread of those on the cap, as well as the family make up and how much households weekly income is reduced by

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Benefit Cap Report Northern Ireland

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The report inlcudes statistics on the point-in-time and the cumulative capped households for November to January. This is then broken down to LGD and AA. The family make-up of capped households is analysed by number of children per capped household, as well as the age of youngest children. The financial impact of being capped is broken down to £10 bandings, and illustrates the number of households at each band. This is the weekly loss to a household. The number of households moving off the cap is also stated in the report, which includes reasons for the off-flows.

Published 25 April 2019