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Refugees: Universal Credit

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 17 December 2024UIN 18439

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2024 to Question 16633 on Department for Work and Pensions: Freedom of Information, if he will publish a breakdown of refugees in receipt of Universal Credit in 2023

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

The Department is exploring the feasibility of developing suitable official statistics related to the immigration status of non-UK / Irish Universal Credit customers including refugees.

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