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