Social Security Benefits: Undocumented Migrants
Commons · Question 58111 · Tabled 6 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Rupert Lowe
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data her Department holds on suspected illegal migrants attempting to access welfare services.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Western, 12 Jun 2025
The department does not hold data on illegal migrants attempting to access welfare services. People who are in the UK illegally (that is to say people without a valid UK immigration status) are not permitted access to DWP public funds benefits.