United Kingdom · Question · Written question
HL HL13723
Social Security Benefits: Children
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20 January 2026
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2 February 2026 · Answer
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Summary
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the benefit cap on demand for local authority hardship support, including discretionary housing payments, and how this affects the ability of councils to support children who
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20 January 2026
Written question
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the benefit cap on demand for local authority hardship support, including discretionary housing payments, and how this affects the ability of councils to support children who
Source: Lords
2 February 2026
Answer
In the financial year 2024/25, 9% of Discretionary Housing Payment (DHP) expenditure was recorded by Local Authorities in England and Wales as related to the Benefit Cap (9%) and 7% of expenditure being used on a combination of welfare reforms (including ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-01-20/HL13723
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1873616
- uk · wq-1873616 · source updated 2 February 2026