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Universal Credit: Migrants

Asked by Lee AndersonReform UKDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 20 October 2025UIN 78584

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total cost to the public purse was for universal credit payments to people with humanitarian leave to remain in each of the last 3 years.

Answered by Andrew Western

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

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