Universal Credit: Foreign Nationals
Commons · Question 71022 · 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 assessment she has made of the adequacy of (a) prevention and (b) detection measures used to identify fraudulent claims for Universal Credit by foreign nationals.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Western, 11 Sep 2025
This government takes all cases of fraud seriously and has introduced the biggest package of measures in recent history to reduce welfare fraud, error and debt, which includes new legislation, the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill. This ...