A question on #SocialSecurityBenefits #Migrants tabled by Mr Peter Bedford on 06-02-2025 has been answered by Andrew Western.

Heading: Social Security Benefits: Migrants
Question ID: 1763082
UIN: 29686
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-02-06
Asking Member ID: 5330
Asking Member display name: Mr Peter Bedford
Asking Member handle: peterabedford
Asking Member Twitter reference: @peterabedford
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the (a) number of migrants who have arrived in the UK in the last five years in receipt of benefits in Mid Leicestershire constituency and (b) the total value of those be
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Date answered: 2025-02-11
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4979
Answering Member display name: Andrew Western
Answering Member handle: andrewhwestern
Answering Member Twitter reference: @andrewhwestern
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Answer text: The information requested is not readily available and to provide it would incur disproportionate cost. The Department is exploring the feasibility of developing suitable official statistics related to the immigration status of non-UK / Irish Universal Cr...
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Answering body ID: 29
Answering body name: Department for Work and Pensions
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