Committees

Benefit cap inquiry

Inquiry

The Committee invites written submissions addressing the following points:

  • The cap is intended to incentivise behavioural change amongst claimants and secure savings for the Exchequer. To what extent is it achieving that?
  • To what extent has claimant behaviour responded to the cap, through moving into work, moving house etc? What effect does the lower cap have on incentives, what are the barriers to behavioural change and how can they be overcome?
  • Does the cap address high underlying rates of housing benefit and child benefit in a fair way?
  • What are the consequential costs of the cap for other public spending, such as that by local authorities?

Work news

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Benefit cap "starting to bite" across Britain
Work and Pensions Committee publishes written evidence in response to the Benefit Cap
1 May 2017
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Benefit cap inquiry launched
Work and Pensions Committee launches inquiry into benefit cap effects on British households
22 February 2017
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