Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 86578
Universal Credit: Refugees
Tabled: 29 October 2025
Answered: 5 November 2025
Named DayQuestion
Jim Allister
Traditional Unionist Voice — North Antrim
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the amount spent on Universal Credit payments to people with refugee status in each region of the UK in each of the last ten years; and what assessment he has made of the po
Answer
Andrew WesternThe expenditure information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.