Data Shows Immigration Status of Benefit Claimants for First Time

1.3 Million Foreigners Getting UK Welfare Payments, Majority Unemployed

UK published demographic statistics on benefit claimants for the first time on Tuesday, revealing levels of tax money payments to foreigners.

Close To One And A Half MILLION Immigrants Are Receiving Government Welfare In The UK

British government figures have revealed that a whopping 1.3 million foreigners are receiving Universal Credit benefits at the taxpayer’s expense. The stats from the Department of Work and Pensions show that in June 1.26 million people, out of a total 7.9 million claimants, received the welfare subsidies. While Conservative MPs attempted to jump on the Labour government over the findings, Reform leader Nigel Farage noted that it was the Conserva…

1.3 Million Foreigners Getting UK Welfare Payments, Majority Are Unemployed

The British government published demographic statistics on benefit claimants for the first time on Tuesday, revealing levels of tax money

Over 1.2 Million Migrants on Welfare, 700,000 Jobless.

PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: Official figures reveal over 1.26 million migrants are now claiming Universal Credit in Britain, a sharp increase from 883,470 in 2022.WHO WAS INVOLVED: Non-British nationals, including refugees and humanitarian visa holders, make up the claimants.WHEN & WHERE: Figures disclosed in 2025 by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).KEY QUOTE: “Politicians claim that immigration is going to bring the best and brightest …

Data shows immigration status of benefit claimants for first time

In June, nearly eight million received universal credit, 83.6% of whom were British and Irish nationals.

What does the universal credit immigration data show?

The majority of claimants are people who live or work in the UK without any immigration restrictions.