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Universal Credit: Foreign Nationals

Asked by Lee AndersonReform UKDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 10 September 2025UIN 71018

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate her Department has made of the proportion of Universal Credit claims made by foreign nationals (a) since July 2024 and (b) in each of the last three years.

Answered by Andrew Western

The Department publishes Universal Credit (UC) immigration status and nationality statistics as part of the Universal Credit statistics publication. The latest release of these statistics is included in the latest Universal Credit statistical bulletin

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