Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 71016

Universal Credit: Foreign Nationals

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 10 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 potential impact of foreign nationals claiming Universal Credit on levels of public funds.

Answer

Andrew Western
The Department takes into account migration trends and benefit entitlement conditions when producing twice-yearly benefit expenditure and caseload forecasts as part of the fiscal event process, but these forecasts do not break down expenditure by national...
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