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Information between 30th October 2025 - 29th November 2025

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Division Votes
5 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Godson voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 147 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 161 Noes - 144
5 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Godson voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 149 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 157 Noes - 200
5 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Godson voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 147 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 159 Noes - 194
3 Nov 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Godson voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 144 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 162 Noes - 178
3 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Godson voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 164 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 182 Noes - 227
11 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Godson voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 179 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 193 Noes - 236
11 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Godson voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 181 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 201 Noes - 238
11 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Godson voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 185 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 207 Noes - 240
17 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Godson voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 199 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 309 Noes - 150
17 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Godson voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 195 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 302 Noes - 135
17 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Godson voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 198 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 295 Noes - 150
17 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Godson voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 193 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 296 Noes - 147
17 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Godson voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 198 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 298 Noes - 157
24 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Godson voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 184 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 200 Noes - 244


Written Answers
Universal Credit: Migrants
Asked by: Lord Godson (Conservative - Life peer)
Wednesday 12th November 2025

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many Universal Credit claimants were recorded in the last 12 months who were categorised as (1) refugees, (2) having pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme, (3) having settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme, (4) having indefinite leave to remain, and (5) having limited leave to remain.

Answered by Baroness Sherlock - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

To access Universal Credit a person must be British, Irish, have a right of abode, or have a valid UK immigration status that permits recourse to public funds as well as meeting all the other entitlement conditions. The Department recently published Universal Credit Immigration status and Nationality summary statistics through ODS tables on GOV.UK.

For statistical production purposes, immigration status data has been categorised into 8 groups (see attached document).

Taken from the published statistics, the following table shows the number of people on Universal Credit by immigration status for each month from August 2024 to July 2025. The additional breakdowns requested for the EU Settlement Scheme are not readily available and to provide them would incur disproportionate cost.

Total number of people on Universal Credit by Immigration status each month from August 2024 to July 2025, Great Britain

Immigration status by month

CTA - UK, Ireland, Right of Abode

EU Settlement Scheme

Humanitarian

Refugee

Indefinite Leave to Remain (not EU Settlement Scheme)

Limited Leave to Remain (not EU Settlement Scheme) including Family Reunion

Other

No immigration status recorded on digital systems

Jul-25

6,702,864

770,213

54,259

120,040

213,666

75,471

33,387

31,340

Jun-25

6,567,506

764,429

53,810

117,623

210,513

74,694

32,998

29,912

May-25

6,457,433

763,687

78,323

90,709

208,348

74,322

32,880

30,789

Apr-25

6,400,356

765,451

78,780

90,217

204,378

75,506

33,300

31,468

Mar-25

6,321,762

764,489

76,418

91,350

198,973

76,960

32,829

32,315

Feb-25

6,249,383

762,478

75,466

90,619

194,303

76,918

32,866

33,054

Jan-25

6,138,815

757,768

68,526

95,882

187,556

77,237

31,908

34,060

Dec-24

6,104,580

759,179

53,291

112,472

179,482

79,539

32,141

34,792

Nov-24

6,034,441

755,941

52,210

113,186

165,869

86,973

31,783

35,770

Oct-24

5,935,808

748,299

51,214

110,816

160,615

89,054

30,840

37,059

Sep-24

5,862,022

739,155

51,132

110,535

159,504

88,326

29,957

38,184

Aug-24

5,760,130

734,637

51,309

110,834

155,939

87,182

29,451

39,332

Source: Universal Credit Immigration status and nationality summary statistics

Notes

  1. The latest Nationality recorded on the UC system declared by the claimant, reported across all previous UC claims.
  2. Immigration status is sourced from Habitual Residence Test (HRT) data. The latest immigration status is recorded and reported against the corresponding claim at the point in time it applied.
  3. Aligned UCFS Nationality and HRT data are available from April 2022 onwards only.
  4. Cells in these tables have had statistical disclosure control applied to avoid the release of confidential data. Due to adjustments totals may not be the sum of the individual cells.
  5. Figures for the most recent month are provisional. These figures will be subject to revision in subsequent releases in line with our statistical revisions policy.
  6. HRT revisions can occur and can be retrospectively applied and supersede previous decisions. Hence changes to previous months are possible.
  7. If a claimant has dual nationality and one is CTA then they will be recorded as CTA - UK, Ireland, Right of Abode.
  8. Non-EU individuals can be in the EUSS, such as Non-EU family members of EU citizens.
  9. Non-Ukrainians/Non-Afghans can be in resettlement schemes.
  10. Right of Abode individuals include some groups of Commonwealth citizens.
Universal Credit: Migrants
Asked by: Lord Godson (Conservative - Life peer)
Wednesday 12th November 2025

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many Universal Credit claimants were recorded in non-UK immigration status groups in each year since 2019.

Answered by Baroness Sherlock - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

To access Universal Credit a person must be British, Irish, have a right of abode, or have a valid UK immigration status that permits recourse to public funds as well as meeting all the other entitlement conditions. The Department recently published Universal Credit Immigration status and Nationality summary statistics through ODS tables on GOV.UK.

For statistical production purposes, immigration status data has been categorised into 8 groups (further details provided in Table Guidance in the attached document).

Taken from the published statistics, the following table shows the number of people on Universal Credit by immigration status for each April from 2022 to 2025. Data is not held prior to April 2022.

Total number of people on Universal Credit by Immigration status for April 2022 to April 2025, Great Britain

Immigration status by month

CTA – UK, Ireland, Right of Abode

EU Settlement Scheme

Humanitarian

Refugee

Indefinite Leave to Remain (not EU Settlement Scheme)

Limited Leave to Remain (not EU Settlement Scheme) including Family Reunion

Other

No immigration status recorded on digital systems

Apr-25

6,400,356

765,451

78,780

90,217

204,378

75,506

33,300

31,468

Apr-24

5,519,088

720,365

49,817

107,486

142,884

84,558

27,134

25,894

Apr-23

4,859,348

671,620

47,020

75,372

113,548

77,363

16,590

35,846

Apr-22

4,611,046

644,847

3,221

64,423

95,612

68,883

6,484

51,600

Source: Universal Credit Immigration status and nationality summary statistics

Notes

  1. The latest Nationality recorded on the UC system declared by the claimant, reported across all previous UC claims.
  2. Immigration status is sourced from Habitual Residence Test (HRT) data. The latest immigration status is recorded and reported against the corresponding claim at the point in time it applied.
  3. Aligned UCFS Nationality and HRT data are available from April 2022 onwards only.
  4. Cells in these tables have had statistical disclosure control applied to avoid the release of confidential data. Due to adjustments totals may not be the sum of the individual cells.
  5. Figures for the most recent month are provisional. These figures will be subject to revision in subsequent releases in line with our statistical revisions policy.
  6. HRT revisions can occur and can be retrospectively applied and supersede previous decisions. Hence changes to previous months are possible.
  7. If a claimant has dual nationality and one is CTA then they will be recorded as CTA - UK, Ireland, Right of Abode.
  8. Non-EU individuals can be in the EUSS such as Non-EU family members of EU citizens.
  9. Non-Ukrainians/Non-Afghans can be in resettlement schemes.
  10. Right of Abode individuals include some groups of Commonwealth citizens.