Universal Credit: Refugees

(asked on 21st January 2026) - View Source
Questioner
Helen Whately Portrait
Helen Whately
(Conservative - Faversham and Mid Kent)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time was between the date refugee status was first recorded and first payment for Universal Credit claimants with refugee status in 2025.

Answered by
Andrew Western Portrait
Andrew Western
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 28th January 2026

This information is not centrally held by DWP, and to obtain it would incur disproportionate cost.

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