Question follow-through · 23064
Social Security Benefits: Migrants
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of migrants who entered in the UK in the last 5 years are in receipt of state benefits.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 9 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 20 Jan 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of migrants who entered in the UK in the last 5 years are in receipt of state benefits.
13 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Department does not hold the information to produce the requested calculation. We are, however, exploring the feasibility of developing suitable statistics related to the immigration status of non-UK / Irish customers. The Department will ensure that ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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