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Written Question
Universal Credit: EU Nationals
Tuesday 12th May 2020

Asked by: Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether EU citizens resident in the UK with pre-settled status can receive Universal Credit if otherwise eligible.

Answered by Baroness Stedman-Scott

EU citizens with pre-settled status have the same access to benefits as they did prior to the introduction of the EU Settlement Scheme. They will satisfy the right to reside element of the Habitual Residence Test and can access benefits if they are exercising a qualifying right to reside, such as a worker or self-employed person, and are habitually resident in the UK. Their eligibility is verified through the Habitual Residence Test.