Benefit cap statistics: background information and methodology
Information about benefit cap statistics and methodology including the purpose, source, definitions and limitations of statistics covered.
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»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp Department for Work and Pensions benefit cap statistics provide statistics on households affected by the benefit cap.
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Published a revised version of the background information and methodology. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp figures for the earnings exemption threshold and the benefit cap levels have been updated. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp information about Housing Benefit disruption in the 'Limitations of the statistics' section has been updated. Information has been added to the 'Data Confidentiality' section. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp 'Status of the statistics' section has been updated to reflect that the Universal Credit series in these statistics are now classed as ‘official statisticsâ€�. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp latest release of benefit cap statistics has been published today 19 September 2023.
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Updated the section on Universal Credit data (to November 2020) and the section on Housing Benefit disruption, and added a new section on Data cleansing. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp latest release of benefit cap statistics has been published today (22 March 2022).
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Updated the list of definitions and added a new section on the proportion of capped households methodology. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp latest release of benefit cap statistics has also published today (22 June 2021).
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Published a revised version - updated to support the latest release of benefit cap statistics, also published today 26 November 2020.
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Published a revised version to support the latest release of benefit cap statistics (data on households capped to May 2020). »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp revised version has new information about the definition and use of geography data in the statistics.
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Published a revised version (now dated February 2020) to support to latest release of benefit cap statistics (data on households capped to November 2019). »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp revised version has new information about how data about the number of children is calculated.
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Published a revised version, now dated August 2019. This has been updated with information about the latest release of benefit cap statistics (data on households capped to May 2019).
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Published a revised version, now dated May 2019. This has been updated with information about the latest release of benefit cap statistics (data on households capped to February 2019).
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Published a revised version, now dated November 2018. This has been updated with information about the latest release of benefit cap statistics (data on households capped to August 2018).
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Published a revised version, now dated August 2018. This has been updated with information about the latest release of benefit cap statistics (data on households capped to May 2018).
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Published a revised version (dated February 2018), updated with information about the latest release of benefit cap statistics (households capped to November 2017).
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Revised background information and methodolody document to include information on changes made to the benefit cap policy on 7 November 2016.
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Published a revised version (dated November 2016), updated with information about the latest release of benefit cap statistics (households capped to August 2016).
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