Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 71027
Universal Credit: Foreign Nationals
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 15 September 2025
Question
Lee Anderson
Reform UK — Ashfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data her Department holds on the proportion of foreign nationals claiming Universal Credit who are exempt from the habitual residence test.
Answer
Andrew WesternThis information is not readily available and to identify, collate and provide it would incur disproportionate cost. British and foreign nationals who are fleeing persecution and humanitarian crises overseas are exempt from the normal requirement to be ha...
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