United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 71032
Social Security Benefits: Foreign Nationals
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29 August 2025
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11 September 2025 · Answer
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11 September 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish the number of foreign nationals in receipt of each benefit across working age welfare spending.
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29 August 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will publish the number of foreign nationals in receipt of each benefit across working age welfare spending.
Source: Commons
11 September 2025
Answer
There are no plans to start consistently collecting nationality data across all working age benefits. This is because DWP policy responsibility lies in establishing a customer’s eligibility to claim benefits. An individual’s specific nationality does not ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-08-29/71032
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1827808
- uk · wq-1827808 · source updated 11 September 2025