Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 71022
Universal Credit: Foreign Nationals
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 adequacy of (a) prevention and (b) detection measures used to identify fraudulent claims for Universal Credit by foreign nationals.
Answer
Andrew WesternThis government takes all cases of fraud seriously and has introduced the biggest package of measures in recent history to reduce welfare fraud, error and debt, which includes new legislation, the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill. This ...
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