United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 71029
Universal Credit: Foreign Nationals
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Introduced
29 August 2025
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10 September 2025 · Answer
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10 September 2025
Summary
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.
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29 August 2025
Written question
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.
Source: Commons
10 September 2025
Answer
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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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-08-29/71029
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1827805
- uk · wq-1827805 · source updated 10 September 2025