Question follow-through · 908855
Social Security Benefits: Foreign Nationals
Whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of publishing levels of welfare spending on foreign nationals by benefit type.
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
- 21 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 27 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 27 Apr 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Apr 2026
Question tabled
Whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of publishing levels of welfare spending on foreign nationals by benefit type.
27 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Apr 2026
Answer published
My Department remains focussed on ensuring we provide robust, transparent data where this is available.That is why we regularly publish quarterly official statistics on the number of Universal Credit claimants broken down by immigration status type and na...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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