Universal Credit: Asylum
Commons · Question 71038 · 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 financial sustainability of the number of asylum seekers in receipt of Universal Credit.
Answer
Answered by Andrew Western, 11 Sep 2025
People who are in the UK with no immigration status who are applying for asylum are not permitted access to public funds and therefore cannot claim Universal Credit.