Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many female lone parents in (a) Garston and Halewood constituency and (b) Liverpool City Region have been affected by the reduced benefits cap since November 2016.

The number of households in (a) Garston and Halewood constituency and (b) Liverpool City Region that had their Housing Benefit capped in each year since August 2013 is available in Stat-Xplore.

The proportion of households that had their Housing Benefit capped in each year since August 2013 is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate costs

The total number of households and the number of female lone parent households in (a) Garston and Halewood constituency and (b) Liverpool City Region that had their Housing Benefit capped since November 2016 will be published in Stat-Xplore on 4^th May 2017, as part of the next scheduled Benefit Cap Official Statistics release.

The proportion of households that had their Housing Benefit capped since November 2016 is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate costs.

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