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.
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’.