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Question follow-through · 9771

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claiming out of work benefits were (a) born in the UK and (b) not born in the UK.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

About this written question

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
17 Oct 2024
Target answer date
21 Oct 2024
Answer
23 Oct 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people claiming out of work benefits were (a) born in the UK and (b) not born in the UK.

  2. 21 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 23 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    The Department does not consistently record data on the birthplace of those claiming out of work benefits across all benefit lines. DWP policy responsibility lies in establishing a customer’s eligibility to claim benefits. An individual’s place of birth d...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

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