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Universal Credit: Refugees

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 27 October 2025UIN 83626

The question

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.

Answered by Andrew Western

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

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