Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 71043

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 proportion of foreign nationals receiving Universal Credit arrived in the UK in the last five years.

Answer

Andrew Western
The Department does not hold this information for all claimants over the last five years.