Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 114270
Universal Credit: Foreign Nationals
Tabled: 20 February 2026
Answered: 24 February 2026
Question
Lee Anderson
Reform UK — Ashfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data his Department holds on the total cost to the public purse of universal credit payments for foreign nationals in the last 5 years.
Answer
Andrew WesternThe information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.