Question follow-through · 88403

Social Security Benefits: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on benefit payments to foreign nationals in the 2024-2025 financial year.

answeredDepartment for Work and Pensions

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Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Tabled
5 Nov 2025
Target answer date
11 Nov 2025
Answer
14 Nov 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on benefit payments to foreign nationals in the 2024-2025 financial year.

  2. 11 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 14 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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