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Universal Credit: Asylum

Asked by Shivani RajaConservativeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 3 February 2026UIN 108864

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of asylum seekers who have received a positive asylum decision have been granted access to Universal Credit during the current Parliament.

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 with refugee status on Universal Credit for each month from April 2022 to October 2025.

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