Question follow-through · 121771
Universal Credit: Habitual Residence Test
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to UIN 107421, if he will provide a nationality breakdown of people with Universal Credit claims that failed the Habitual Residence Test.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 18 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 23 Mar 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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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
18 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to UIN 107421, if he will provide a nationality breakdown of people with Universal Credit claims that failed the Habitual Residence Test.
23 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Mar 2026
Answer published
The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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