Written Question·Treasury·UIN 45568

Social Security Benefits: Immigration

Tabled: 17 April 2025
Answered: 24 April 2025
Named Day

Question

Sir Mel Stride

ConservativeCentral Devon

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of migrants to the UK gaining access to (a) welfare payments and (b) other services as a result of obtaining indefinite leave to remain for each financial y

Answer

Darren Jones
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) produces forecasts of the UK’s economic and fiscal position.Box 4.5 of the OBR’s Economic and Fiscal Outlook published in March 2024 sets out estimated impacts of migration on the fiscal forecast. As the minimum ...

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