| Heading: |
Social Security Benefits: East Thanet |
| Question ID: |
1808802 |
| UIN: |
56995 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-03 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5123 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Ms Polly Billington
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Ms Polly Billington
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households who are receiving the maximum permitted benefits under the benefit cap have one or more adults with a disability in East Thanet constituency. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-09 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
163 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sir Stephen Timms
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| Answering Member handle: |
stephenctimms
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@stephenctimms
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| Answer text: |
Households receiving disability benefits are exempt from the benefit cap. Households are exempt from the benefit cap if somebody in the household is receiving, for example, Disability Living Allowance or Personal Independence Payment. Universal Credit cus... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |