Official Statistics

Analysis of migrants’ access to income-related benefits

Analysis relating to the access to income-related benefits for European Economic Area (EEA) and non-EEA migrants

From:
Department for Work and Pensions
Published
24 August 2017

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Analysis of migrants’ access to income-related benefits

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From December 2013, the government introduced a set of measures to restrict access to benefits for migrants from the EEA. These included:

  • from December 2013, the introduction of a stronger, more robust Habitual Residence Test (HRT)
  • from January 2014, no immediate access to Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA) for those arriving in the UK, and a limit to length of time JSA can be claimed
  • from April 2014, newly arrived EEA jobseekers cannot claim Housing Benefit

This ad hoc publication is an assessment of progress to date on a selection of the measures and recent trends on a range of Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) administrated benefits.

Published 24 August 2017

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