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Question follow-through · 9992

Social Security Benefits: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October to Question 6949 on Social Security Benefits: Foreign Nationals, if she will make it her policy to collect data on the nationality of those claiming benefits.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
18 Oct 2024
Target answer date
22 Oct 2024
Answer
23 Oct 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 18 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October to Question 6949 on Social Security Benefits: Foreign Nationals, if she will make it her policy to collect data on the nationality of those claiming benefits.

  2. 22 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 23 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    There are no plans to start consistently collecting nationality data across all DWP benefit lines. This is because DWP policy responsibility lies in establishing a customer’s eligibility to claim benefits. An individual’s specific nationality does not pla...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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