Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 71032

Social Security Benefits: Foreign Nationals

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 11 September 2025

Question

Lee Anderson

Reform UK — Ashfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish the number of foreign nationals in receipt of each benefit across working age welfare spending.

Answer

Andrew Western
There are no plans to start consistently collecting nationality data across all working age benefits. This is because DWP policy responsibility lies in establishing a customer’s eligibility to claim benefits. An individual’s specific nationality does not ...
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