Speeches

Jonathan Reynolds – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Work and Pensions

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jonathan Reynolds on 2016-06-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of housing benefit payments is made to non-British nationals in the last 12 months.

Justin Tomlinson

Expenditure on the main DWP working age benefits, including Housing Benefit, for European Economic Area (EEA) national-led claims can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/502129/benefit-expenditure-eea-nationals-ad-hoc-stats.pdf.