Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 65168

Personal Independence Payment and Universal Credit: Migrants

Tabled: 4 July 2025
Answered: 14 July 2025

Question

Mr Andrew Snowden

Conservative — Fylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse for (a) Universal Credit and (b) Personal Independence Payment for non-British citizens in the (i) last 12 months and (ii) last five years.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.