Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 71040
Social Security Benefits: Foreign Nationals
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 8 September 2025
Question
Lee Anderson
Reform UK — Ashfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure compliance with benefit eligibility rules by foreign nationals.
Answer
Andrew WesternThe Department applies strict compliance and benefit eligibility checks to all claimants regardless of their nationality. In addition to verifying a claimant’s identity, DWP checks that claimants are habitually resident here before they can receive public...
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