Universal Credit: Foreign Nationals
Commons · Question 71029 · 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 estimate her Department has made of the cost to the public purse of Universal Credit claims made by foreign nationals in each of the last five years.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Western, 10 Sep 2025
Universal Credit awards are paid to households, which may include both British and foreign nationals who are eligible. Therefore, the information requested is not readily available at the required quality and to provide it would incur disproportionate cos...