Question follow-through · 74001
Universal Credit: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) proportion and (b) amount of Universal Credit expenditure was for adults with non-Common Travel Area immigration status in the latest period for which information is available.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 1 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 10 Sept 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Immigration and borders
- Pension Credit: Migrants · 2 Sept 2025
- Pension Credit: Migrants · 2 Sept 2025
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Votes on this topic
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
1 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what (a) proportion and (b) amount of Universal Credit expenditure was for adults with non-Common Travel Area immigration status in the latest period for which information is available.
8 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Sept 2025
Answer published
Universal Credit awards are paid to households, which may include both British and foreign nationals who are eligible. Therefore, the information requested is not readily available at the required quality and to provide it would incur disproportionate cos...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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