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Universal Credit: Migrants

Asked by Helen WhatelyConservativeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 2 February 2026UIN 107420

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Universal Credit awards were made following the application of an exception to a No Recourse to Public Funds condition in each of the last three years.

Answered by Andrew Western

This information is not held centrally by DWP, and to obtain it would incur disproportionate cost.

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