Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of lone parents with children affected by the benefit cap have a child under (a) one year old, (b) two years old, (c) three years old and (d) four years old.

From April 2013 (when the benefit cap was introduced) to February 2015 (the latest available data) 32,680 lone parents with dependent children have been capped.

Of these (a) 4,210 households (13%) have a child under one year old, (b) 9,520 households (29%) have a child under two years old, (c) 14,200 households (44%) have a child under three years old and (d) 18,270 households (56%) have a child aged under four years old, as at February 2015.