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Universal Credit: Foreign Nationals

Asked by Helen WhatelyConservativeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 29 January 2026UIN 107418

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit claimants were recorded as non-UK nationals in each month since 1 July 2024.

Answered by Andrew Western

The Department publishes Universal Credit (UC) immigration status and nationality statistics as part of the Universal Credit statistics publication. ‘Table 1’ in the latest Universal Credit immigration status and nationality data tables provides information on the number of people on Universal Credit by immigration status for each month from April 2022 to October 2025.

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