Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 9992
Social Security Benefits: Foreign Nationals
Tabled: 18 October 2024
Answered: 23 October 2024
Question
Rupert Lowe
Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October to Question 6949 on Social Security Benefits: Foreign Nationals, if she will make it her policy to collect data on the nationality of those claiming benefits.
Answer
Andrew WesternThere are no plans to start consistently collecting nationality data across all DWP benefit lines. This is because DWP policy responsibility lies in establishing a customer’s eligibility to claim benefits. An individual’s specific nationality does not pla...
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