Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households who are receiving the maximum permitted benefits under the benefit cap have one or more children with a disability in East Thanet constituency.

Households receiving disability benefits are exempt from the benefit cap.

Households are exempt from the benefit cap if somebody in the household is receiving, for example, Disability Living Allowance or Personal Independence Payment. Universal Credit customers that receive the Limited Capability for Work and Work-Related Activity element or Employment and Support Allowance customers in receipt of the support component are also exempt.