Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 908855

Social Security Benefits: Foreign Nationals

Tabled: 21 April 2026
Answered: 27 April 2026
Named Day

Question

Lee Anderson

Reform UKAshfield

Whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of publishing levels of welfare spending on foreign nationals by benefit type.

Answer

Andrew Western
My Department remains focussed on ensuring we provide robust, transparent data where this is available.That is why we regularly publish quarterly official statistics on the number of Universal Credit claimants broken down by immigration status type and na...

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