Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 27072

Personal Independence Payment: Refugees

Tabled: 28 January 2025
Answered: 31 January 2025

Question

Rupert Lowe

Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many refugees were in receipt of Personal Independence Payment in each of the last five years; and what the cost to the public purse was.

Answer

Andrew Western
The Department does not hold the requested information on refugees in receipt of Personal Independence Payment (PIP). Decision-makers check that an individual has leave to remain in the UK with recourse to public funds and meets all other eligibility requ...
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