Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 47009

Health Services: Undocumented Migrants

Tabled: 22 April 2025
Answered: 30 April 2025

Question

Rupert Lowe

Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the NHS of treating patients who are in the UK unlawfully in the last 12 months.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Department has made no such estimate. The Department publishes income identified and cash recovered from overseas visitors, which includes expatriates, visitors and undocumented migrants, on an annual basis in its annual report and accounts. The lates...
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