Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 3989

Maternity Services: Asylum

Tabled: 3 September 2024

Answered: 9 September 2024

Named Day

Question

Rachael Maskell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the provision of maternity services to asylum seekers; and if he will take steps to help ensure that asylum seekers understand how to access emergen

Answer

Karin Smyth

The Home Office manages all asylum processes, which includes supporting people to access the services they need. Women seeking asylum are asked at several stages of their asylum application whether they may be pregnant by Home Office case workers, who wil...

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