Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 16826

NHS: Undocumented Migrants

Tabled: 28 November 2024
Answered: 5 December 2024

Question

Rupert Lowe

Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many visits there were by NHS staff to (a) hotels and (b) other accommodation housing irregular migrants in each of the last five years.

Answer

The Department and NHS England do not hold the information requested. The National Health Service is a residency-based system, which means that people who do not live here on a lawful, settled basis must contribute to the cost of their care. However, some...
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