Research to Evaluate the Lower Tiered Benefit Cap

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) wishes to commission research to evaluate the lower, tiered benefit cap. The purpose of the research will be to evaluate the effects of the new lowered Benefit Cap on affected claimants' behaviours and attitudes towards housing and employment and understand what is driving / preventing different responses to the cap. Additionally the research will seek to assess the effectiveness of the policy in meetings its aims as a work incentive, explore how the policy is operating and understand what effects the policy has had on the housing function of Local Authorities (LAs) and local agencies.