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Universal Credit: Refugees

Asked by Jim AllisterTraditional Unionist VoiceDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 5 November 2025UIN 86578

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the amount spent on Universal Credit payments to people with refugee status in each region of the UK in each of the last ten years; and what assessment he has made of the po

Answered by Andrew Western

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

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