Social Security Benefits
(asked on 18th February 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2022 to Question 119686 on Social Security Benefits, what recent assessment she has made of the impact of the benefit cap on poverty levels of households where it is not possible for people to move into work.
Answered by
David Rutley
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 25th February 2022
No assessment has been made. There is a statutory duty for the Secretary of State to review the benefit cap levels once in each Parliament.
Households receiving disability benefits and/or entitled to carer benefits are exempt to ensure the most vulnerable are supported.