Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 93205
Social Security Benefits: Migrants
Tabled: 20 November 2025
Answered: 27 November 2025
Question
Rupert Lowe
Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that individuals whose immigration status no longer entitles them to public funds are automatically removed from benefit systems; and how many such removals have t
Answer
Andrew WesternUniversal Credit systems carry out daily automatic checks against Home Office data to identify any changes in immigration status, and subsequently, DWP caseworkers stop claims where the individual no longer has an immigration status that permits recourse ...
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