| Heading: |
Social Security Benefits: East Thanet |
| Question ID: |
1808800 |
| UIN: |
56993 |
| 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 people receive the maximum amount of permissible benefits under benefit caps 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: |
Official Statistics on the number of households in Great Britain on Housing Benefit or Universal Credit who are affected by the benefit cap are published quarterly on Stat-Xplore and are currently available up to November 2024. These statistics include th... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |