| Heading: |
Social Security Benefits: Undocumented Migrants |
| Question ID: |
1807916 |
| UIN: |
56295 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-02 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4527 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Helen Whately
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| Asking Member handle: |
helen_whately
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@helen_whately
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people with ineligible immigration status applied for (a) Universal Credit and (b) other welfare payments in the last 12 months. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-09 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4979 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Andrew Western
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| Answering Member handle: |
andrewhwestern
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@andrewhwestern
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| Answer text: |
To access public funds benefits, individuals are required to be either a British or Irish citizen or hold an immigration status which does not prevent them from accessing public funds. The Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) cannot pay public funds bene... |
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| Answering body ID: |
29 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Work and Pensions |
| Tweeted: |
true |