Tag: Stephen Gilbert

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Gilbert on 2014-03-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who were temporarily exempt from the benefit cap due to their housing benefit being reduced were in temporary accommodation between April 2013 and January 2014.

Esther McVey

The information requested is not available. People whose housing benefit entitlement is reduced such that their overall benefit falls below the cap threshold are not subject to the cap.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Gilbert on 2014-03-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many additional households in temporary accommodation became subject to the benefit cap on flow in each month between May 2013 and January 2014.

Esther McVey

The information requested is not available.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Gilbert on 2014-03-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in temporary accommodation were subject to the benefit cap between 1 April 2013 and 31 January 2014.

Esther McVey

The information requested is not available.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Gilbert on 2014-03-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in receipt of (a) income support, (b) jobseeker’s allowance and (c) employment and support allowance were subject to the benefit cap between 1 April 2013 and 31 January 2014.

Esther McVey

The information requested is not readily available and can only be be provided at a disproportionate cost.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Gilbert on 2014-03-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many single parents with a child under the age of five years old were subject to the benefit cap between 1 April 2013 and 31 January 2014.

Esther McVey

The information requested is not readily available and can only be provided at a disproportionate cost.