Universal Credit: Foreign Nationals
Commons · Question 71024 · 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 assessment she has made of the potential impact of trends in the number of foreign nationals claiming Universal Credit on future (a) public spending and (b) taxation.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Western, 10 Sep 2025
The Department takes into account migration trends and benefit entitlement conditions when producing twice-yearly benefit expenditure and caseload forecasts as part of the fiscal event process, but these forecasts do not break down expenditure by national...