AQW 37783/22-27 Written question to the Minister for Communities
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the amount he included for benefit cap mitigations in his bid for the Proposed Draft Budget 2026-29/30.
Asked by Kellie Armstrong MLA on 8 January 2026
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 8 January 2026
- Answer due by
- 23 January 2026
- Answered
- 14 January 20266 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Priority question
- No
Answer
In the budget exercise my Department submitted a bid for Welfare Mitigations which included Benefit Cap Mitigations of £12.7million in 2026-27, £13.0million in 2027-28 and £13.4million in 2028-29.