Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people claiming Employment and Support Allowance were (a) born and (b) not born in the UK.

The Department does not routinely collect data on the country of birth of individuals claiming any benefits.

DWP policy responsibility lies in establishing a customer’s eligibility to claim benefits. An individual’s specific country of birth does not play a role in this and the Department therefore does not collect the country of birth information at the point of benefit claim.