United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 27072
Personal Independence Payment: Refugees
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Introduced
28 January 2025
Last action
31 January 2025 · Answer
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Answered
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Asylum
Source updated
31 January 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many refugees were in receipt of Personal Independence Payment in each of the last five years; and what the cost to the public purse was.
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28 January 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many refugees were in receipt of Personal Independence Payment in each of the last five years; and what the cost to the public purse was.
Source: Commons
31 January 2025
Answer
The Department does not hold the requested information on refugees in receipt of Personal Independence Payment (PIP). Decision-makers check that an individual has leave to remain in the UK with recourse to public funds and meets all other eligibility requ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-01-28/27072
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1759513
- uk · wq-1759513 · source updated 31 January 2025