Households affected by the household benefit cap
Dear Brent Borough Council,
I am a researcher at the housing charity Shelter. We are seeking to understand the impact of the household benefit cap on local authorities in England. We would be incredibly grateful for your help.
I would like to request the following information under the Freedom of information Act 2000.
1. Please provide the most recent data available for your local authority:
All households
• The number of households who have their benefits reduced by the Household Benefit Cap introduced by the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 in your area. (Please include both households who were already subject to the previous benefit cap of £26,000/£18,200, and those newly affected by the lowered cap).
• The average reduction in these households’ benefit award, and the number of these households who have a reduction of £100 or more a week.
Homeless households in temporary accommodation
• The number of homeless households accommodated by your authority in temporary accommodation who have their benefits reduced by the Household Benefit Cap.
• The average reduction in these households’ benefit award.
2. If you have carried out an assessment of the impact of lowering the cap in your local authority, please provide this document.
Many thanks - I look forward to receiving your reply in the next 20 working days.
Yours faithfully,
Jenny Pennington
Information request
Our reference: 6941896
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Dear Ms. Pennington
Thank you for your information request. We will forward it to the
relevant department who will contact you shortly.
Brent Council
Brent Civic Centre
Engineers Way
Wembley HA9 0FJ
[email address]
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Our reference: 6941896
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Dear Ms. Pennington
Freedom of Information Act 2000
Thank you for your request for information that was received on 2 February
2017, as follows:
Dear Brent Borough Council,
I am a researcher at the housing charity Shelter. We are seeking to
understand the impact of the household benefit cap on local authorities in
England. We would be incredibly grateful for your help.
I would like to request the following information under the Freedom of
information Act 2000.
1. Please provide the most recent data available for your local authority:
All households
• The number of households who have their benefits reduced by the
Household Benefit Cap introduced by the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016
in your area. (Please include both households who were already subject to
the previous benefit cap of £26,000/£18,200, and those newly affected by
the lowered cap).
• The average reduction in these households' benefit award, and the number
of these households who have a reduction of £100 or more a week.
Homeless households in temporary accommodation
• The number of homeless households accommodated by your authority in
temporary accommodation who have their benefits reduced by the Household
Benefit Cap.
• The average reduction in these households' benefit award.
2. If you have carried out an assessment of the impact of lowering the cap
in your local authority, please provide this document.
Many thanks - I look forward to receiving your reply in the next 20
working days.
Yours faithfully,
Jenny Pennington
We are dealing with your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000
and we aim to send a response by 2 March 2017.
In some case, a fee may be payable. If we decide a fee is payable, we will
send you a fee notice and we will require you to pay the fee before
proceeding with your request.
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and if any exemptions apply to some or all of the information then we
might not provide that information to you. We will inform you if this is
the case and advise you of your rights to request an internal review and
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We will also advise you if we cannot provide you with the information
requested for any other reason together with the reason(s) why and details
of how you may appeal (if appropriate).
Yours sincerely
George Chapman
Customer services team leader
Chief Operating Officers
0208 937 2805
[email address]
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Our reference: 6941896
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Please find attached the reply to your data request
Yours sincerely
George Chapman
Customer services team leader
Chief Operating Officers
0208 937 2805
[email address]
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