Constituency data: Universal Credit rollout
Provides our latest constituency estimates for Universal Credit roll-out, the Government's new working-age benefit

Data on migrants and benefits is incomplete and fragmented, not routinely available from a single source. This is because the nationality of benefit claimants is not routinely gathered by either DWP or HMRC when administering benefits or tax credits. This paper brings together the main available data sources – including DWP data on National Insurance Number registrations, departmental ad-hoc releases and responses to Freedom of Information requests – to analyse rates of benefit and tax credits receipt among migrants living in the UK.
Statistics on migrants and benefits (388 KB, PDF)
Data on migrants and benefits is incomplete and fragmented, not routinely available from a single source.
This is because the nationality of benefit claimants is not information routinely gathered by either DWP or HMRC when administering benefits or tax credits. As a result, we are reliant on indirect, often ad hoc analysis – such as of the nationality of current benefit claimants at time of registration for a National Insurance Number – to estimate rates of benefit receipt among migrants in the UK.
This paper brings together the UK’s main data sources on benefits and tax credits paid to migrants living in the UK.
It provides data on:
Pages 4 to 8 answer frequently asked questions on statistics on migrants and benefits, including summary analysis of:
Section 6, below, provides further reading on migration and asylum statistics, on migrant’s access to UK benefits and on proposals to restrict this access.
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Statistics on migrants and benefits (388 KB, PDF)
Provides our latest constituency estimates for Universal Credit roll-out, the Government's new working-age benefit
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