Written questions

Universal Credit: Foreign Nationals

Commons · Question 71018 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 10 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate her Department has made of the proportion of Universal Credit claims made by foreign nationals (a) since July 2024 and (b) in each of the last three years.

Answer

Answered by Andrew Western, 10 Sep 2025

The Department publishes Universal Credit (UC) immigration status and nationality statistics as part of the Universal Credit statistics publication. The latest release of these statistics is included in the latest Universal Credit statistical bulletin