Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 71024
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 assessment she has made of the potential impact of trends in the number of foreign nationals claiming Universal Credit on future (a) public spending and (b) taxation.
Answer
Andrew WesternThe 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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