United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 71038
Universal Credit: Asylum
Original
Introduced
29 August 2025
Last action
11 September 2025 · Answer
Status
Answered
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Subjects
Asylum
Source updated
11 September 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the financial sustainability of the number of asylum seekers in receipt of Universal Credit.
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Timeline
29 August 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the financial sustainability of the number of asylum seekers in receipt of Universal Credit.
Source: Commons
11 September 2025
Answer
People who are in the UK with no immigration status who are applying for asylum are not permitted access to public funds and therefore cannot claim Universal Credit.
Source: Written answer
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-08-29/71038
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1827814
- uk · wq-1827814 · source updated 11 September 2025