Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 71018

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 estimate her Department has made of the proportion of Universal Credit claims made by foreign nationals (a) since July 2024 and (b) in each of the last three years.

Answer

Andrew Western
The Department publishes Universal Credit (UC) immigration status and nationality statistics as part of the Universal Credit statistics publication. The latest release of these statistics is included in the latest Universal Credit statistical bulletin