Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will take steps to review the effect of the benefit cap on children.

A suite of evaluation reports was published on 15 December 2014 and information can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/benefit-cap-evaluation

Further statistics are available by location and family size at the following links:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/benefit-cap-number-of-households-capped-to-february-2015