Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 908661

Health Services: Asylum

Tabled: 26 March 2026

Answered: 14 April 2026

Named Day

Question

Sir Gavin Williamson

Conservative — Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the NHS of providing healthcare to asylum seekers.

Answer

Mrs Sharon Hodgson

DHSC and NHSE do not hold the information requested. The overall management of people seeking asylum is a matter for the Home Office.The NHS is a residency-based system; this means that people who do not live here on a lawful, settled basis must contribut...

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