Social Security Benefits: Poverty
(asked on 7th June 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of people who would no longer be in poverty if the benefit cap were (1) abolished, and (2) returned to its original levels.
Answered by
Viscount Younger of Leckie
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 16th June 2023
It is not possible to produce a robust estimate of the effect of the impact of the removal of the benefit cap on the number of people in poverty. The benefit cap continues to provide a strong work incentive and fairness for hardworking taxpaying households, whilst providing a reasonable safety net of support for the most vulnerable.