{"value":{"id":1754091,"askingMemberId":5161,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-01-09T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-01-13T00:00:00","uin":"23064","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of migrants who entered in the UK in the last 5 years are in receipt of state benefits.","answeringBodyId":29,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Work and Pensions","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":163,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-01-20T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The Department does not hold the information to produce the requested calculation. We are, however, exploring the feasibility of developing suitable statistics related to the immigration status of non-UK / Irish customers. The Department will ensure that this work is done in line with the <a href=\"https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcode.statisticsauthority.gov.uk%2F&amp;data=05|02|INTERNATIONALACCESSTO.BENEFITPOLICYTEAM%40DWP.GOV.UK|2b285dcdca2f4ec207be08dd37073fb6|96f1f6e910574117ac2880cdfe86f8c3|0|0|638727226444597077|Unknown|TWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D|0|||&amp;sdata=2%2B2PdlVTiPSPS5fWXN0DSFY8k0Glr5GdsAvqe7AtJIw%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\">Code of Practice for Statistics</a>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Social Security Benefits: Migrants","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1754091","method":"GET"}]}