Select Committee · Work and Pensions Committee

Benefit cap inquiry

Status: Closed Opened: 26 Jul 2018 Closed: 5 Nov 2019 2 reports

In February 2017 the Work and Pensions Committee launched an inquiry into the Benefit cap , which could not continue due to the General Election. The Committee is now re-launching the inquiry. In written evidence to that inquiry before it stalled, the DWP said the benefit cap pursues three aims: Secure the economic well-being of …

Reports

2 reports
Title HC No. Published Items Response
24th Report - The benefit cap (Enhanced HTML) HC 1477 12 Mar 2019 0
24th Report - The benefit cap HC 1477 12 Mar 2019 0

Oral evidence sessions

3 sessions
Date Witnesses
21 Nov 2018 Session View ↗
31 Oct 2018 Session View ↗
10 Oct 2018 Session View ↗

Correspondence

2 letters
DateDirectionTitle
12 Mar 2019 To cttee Letter from the Minister for Family Support, Housing and Child Maintenance to t…
11 Mar 2019 To cttee Letter from DWP to Frank Field regarding the Benefit cap evidence session and f…