The Benefit Cap is a limit on the total amount of benefit that working-age people can receive. From 31 May 2016, the amount a household could receive in benefit income was limited to £26,000 per annum. On 7 November 2016, this threshold was lowered to £20,000 per annum.
The next Benefit Cap Statistics containing data until November 2022 will be published in HTML format, with associated supplementary tables in ODS format.
Benefit Cap Statistics - August 2022
Benefit Cap Statistics Supplementary Tables - August 2022