Dataset: Benefit Cap (Point in Time Caseload)
Field: Amount of Benefit Capped (bands) (£)
Description
From April 2013, a Benefit Cap field was added to the Single Housing Benefit Extract (SHBE) which provides the weekly amount that the Housing Benefit (HB) of a household is capped by.
Classification
Applicable to: All capped households:
Weekly amount of benefit capped (in bands)
- Up to £25
- £25.01 to £50
- £50.01 to £75
- £75.01 to £100
- £100.01 to £150
- £150.01 to £200
- £200.01 to £250
- £250.01 to £300
- £300.01 to £350
- £350.01 to £400
- £400.01 and above
Total number of categories: 11