Question follow-through · 92896
Universal Credit: Foreign Nationals and Refugees
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much Universal Credit was paid to (a) foreign nationals and (b) households with refugee status in October 2025.
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
- 19 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 25 Nov 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Immigration and borders
- Social Security Benefits: Foreign Nationals · 20 Nov 2025
- Social Security Benefits: Fraud · 20 Nov 2025
- Social Security Benefits: Asylum · 20 Nov 2025
- Social Security Benefits: Fraud · 20 Nov 2025
- Social Security Benefits: Migrants · 20 Nov 2025
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
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
19 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much Universal Credit was paid to (a) foreign nationals and (b) households with refugee status in October 2025.
24 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Nov 2025
Answer published
The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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