Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 67468

Diseases: Undocumented Migrants

Tabled: 14 July 2025

Answered: 21 July 2025

Named Day

Question

Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential risk of infectious diseases from immigrants who arrive illegally on boats.

Answer

Ashley Dalton

The UK Health Security Agency routinely monitors infectious disease risk across England and manages any public health action required following notification of infectious diseases.The Migrant Health Guide recommends that all new arrivals to the United Kin...

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