Question follow-through · 11152
Social Security Benefits: Foreign Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how often her Department reviews the eligibility of foreign nationals for (a) Universal Credit and (b) other benefits.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 24 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 28 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 30 Oct 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Social security and pensions
- Universal Credit · 28 Oct 2024
- Department for Work and Pensions: Telephone Services · 31 Oct 2024
- Habitual Residence Test · 5 Nov 2024
- Universal Credit: Migrants · 5 Nov 2024
- Social Security Benefits: Fraud · 8 Nov 2024
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Recorded timeline
24 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how often her Department reviews the eligibility of foreign nationals for (a) Universal Credit and (b) other benefits.
28 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Oct 2024
Answer published
In order to receive taxpayer-funded benefits (public funds benefits) such as Universal Credit or Personal Independence Payments, an individual must either be a British or Irish citizen or hold a valid UK immigration status that allows them to access such ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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