Written questions

Universal Credit: Refugees

Commons · Question 83626 · Tabled 20 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions · Official record

Answered 27 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost to the public purse was of Universal Credit payments made to people with refugee status in each of the last ten financial years.

Answer

Answered by Andrew Western, 27 Oct 2025

The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.