Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 71029

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 estimate her Department has made of the cost to the public purse of Universal Credit claims made by foreign nationals in each of the last five years.

Answer

Andrew Western
Universal Credit awards are paid to households, which may include both British and foreign nationals who are eligible. Therefore, the information requested is not readily available at the required quality and to provide it would incur disproportionate cos...
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