{"value":{"id":1587828,"askingMemberId":4621,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2023-02-21T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2023-02-28T00:00:00","uin":"149594","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of uplifting the benefits cap in line with inflation.","answeringBodyId":29,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Work and Pensions","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4142,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2023-02-28T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The Secretary of State reviewed the benefit cap levels and decided they should be increased in line with CPI in the year to September 2022 (10.1%) in April 2023.</p><p> </p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Social Security Benefits: Uprating","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1587828","method":"GET"}]}