Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 108864
Universal Credit: Asylum
Tabled: 27 January 2026
Answered: 3 February 2026
Question
Shivani Raja
Conservative — Leicester East
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of asylum seekers who have received a positive asylum decision have been granted access to Universal Credit during the current Parliament.
Answer
Andrew WesternThe Department publishes Universal Credit (UC) immigration status and nationality statistics as part of the Universal Credit statistics publication. ‘Table 1’ in the latest Universal Credit immigration status and nationality data tables provides informati...
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