Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 11207

Habitual Residence Test

Tabled: 25 October 2024
Answered: 4 November 2024

Question

Rupert Lowe

Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many habitual residence tests have been granted in each year of the last five years.

Answer

Andrew Western
With the exception of Universal Credit, the information requested is not held centrally for the relevant DWP benefits and to provide it would incur disproportionate costs. DWP uses the habitual residence test for income-related benefits (Universal Credit,...
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