Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 93313

Asylum: Social Security Benefits

Tabled: 20 November 2025
Answered: 28 November 2025

Question

Max Wilkinson

Liberal DemocratCheltenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled Restoring Order and Control: A statement on the government’s asylum and returns policy, updated on 20 November 2025, what criteria his Department

Answer

Andrew Western
The Home Secretary announced, in the Home Office’s Asylum and Returns Policy Statement on 17 November 2026, that DWP will consult on the rules for taxpayer-funded benefits to prioritise access for long-term residents and those who are making an economic c...

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