Written questions

Universal Credit: Foreign Nationals

Commons · Question 71020 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 11 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent discussions she has had with (a) the Secretary of State for the Home Department and (b) the Chancellor of the Exchequer on removing the current eligibility criteria for foreign nationals to

Answer

Answered by Andrew Western, 11 Sep 2025

The Department is playing an active role in work across Government connected to the Home Office’s recent White Paper ‘Restoring Control Over the Immigration System’. This includes membership in the Labour Market Advisory Group alongside the Migration Advi...