Benefit cap figures for previous years

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Since November 2016 the total amount of benefit that most working-age people can get is £384.62 a week (£257.69 for single people without children).

Numbers of cases are now dwindling as claimants move from Housing Benefit to Universal Credit, with DWP applying the benefit cap instead.

Benefit Cap - national statistics broken down by local authority

2023/24

	April to June	July to September	October to December	January toMarch
HB cases capped	61	85	56	53
Average weekly reduction	£67.05	£53.88	£49.90	£49.66
Number of cases with DHP	14	11	8	9

2022/23

April to June 2022July to September 2022October to December 2022January toMarch 2023HB cases capped178168145124Average weekly reduction£46.11£52.00£52.76£50.67Number of cases with DHP26302827

2021/22

April to June 2021July to September 2021October to December 2021January toMarch 2022HB cases capped291248209198Average weekly reduction£55.56£51.12£47.30£46.89Number of cases with DHP82353432

2020/21

	April to June 2020	July to September 2020	October to December 2020	January toMarch 2021
HB cases capped	331	333	345	322
Average weekly reduction	£63.11	£63.80	£56.96	£56.39
Number of cases with DHP	118	115	118	108
UC cases capped	1,720	1,860	1,980
All capped cases HB+UC	2,051	2,193	2,325

2019/20

	April to June 2019	July to September 2019	October to December 2019	January toMarch 2020
HB cases capped	607	549	470	403
Average weekly reduction	£67.97	£65.88	£63.63	£61.09
Number of cases with DHP	176	132	135	105
UC cases capped	420	510	510
All capped cases HB+UC	1,027	1,059	980