Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 71038
Universal Credit: Asylum
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 11 September 2025
Question
Lee Anderson
Reform UK — Ashfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the financial sustainability of the number of asylum seekers in receipt of Universal Credit.
Answer
Andrew WesternPeople who are in the UK with no immigration status who are applying for asylum are not permitted access to public funds and therefore cannot claim Universal Credit.