Require the Secretary of State to report to Parliament on the likely effects of the abolition of the benefit cap, including on levels of absolute and relative poverty, poor mental health, food bank use, borrowing of money from friends and family, evictions from homes and problem debt, and on different groups including women, lone parents and people from Black and minority ethnic backgrounds; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
30 October 2023
This Bill would require the Secretary of State to report to Parliament on what could happen if the benefit cap were abolished. The report would look at effects on poverty (both levels and distribution), mental health, food bank use, borrowing from friends or family, evictions, and problem debt, and would examine how these impacts might differ for groups such as women, lone parents, and people from Black and minority ethnic backgrounds.
The Bill has been introduced in the House of Commons and is currently at the 1st Reading. If it progresses, it would move to the Second Reading and further stages.
Generated 21 February 2026
The 2022-2023 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
