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Social Security Benefits: Undocumented Migrants

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 12 June 2025UIN 58111

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data her Department holds on suspected illegal migrants attempting to access welfare services.

Answered by Andrew Western

The department does not hold data on illegal migrants attempting to access welfare services. People who are in the UK illegally (that is to say people without a valid UK immigration status) are not permitted access to DWP public funds benefits.

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