Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many of the households affected by the household benefit cap are in (a) social housing, (b) temporary and emergency accommodation and (c) private tenancies (i) in the UK and (ii) in each region of the UK.

Data on the number of households affected by the benefit cap that are in (a) social housing and (c) private tenancies in (i) the UK and (ii) in each region in the UK can be found on Stat-Xplore, the Department’s online interactive tabulation tool, which can be accessed here: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/.

Data on the number of households affected by the benefit cap in (b) temporary and emergency accommodation is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.