Question follow-through · 907466
Universal Credit: Foreign Nationals
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of trends in the number of foreign nationals claiming Universal Credit.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 20 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 26 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 26 Jan 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of trends in the number of foreign nationals claiming Universal Credit.
26 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Jan 2026
Answer published
Universal Credit is primarily reserved for people settled in the UK, and the Government has announced plans to increase the standard time most migrants have to wait before they can achieve settlement, from five to 10 years. This change will support the do...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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