Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 14782
Universal Credit: Foreign Nationals
Tabled: 18 November 2024
Answered: 25 November 2024
Question
Richard Tice
Reform UK — Boston and Skegness
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of Universal Credit claimants are not UK citizens.
Answer
Andrew WesternThe Department checks immigration status when assessing eligibility for Universal Credit, but the requested statistics are not readily available. We are, however, exploring the feasibility of developing suitable statistics related to the immigration statu...
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