Written Question·Home Office·UIN 83808

X-rays: Asylum

Tabled: 21 October 2025

Answered: 30 October 2025

Question

Sir James Cleverly

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what formal arrangements exist between (a) the Home Office, (b) the NHS and (c) Braintree Community Hospital for (i) scanning and (ii) x-rays of asylum seekers at Wethersfield Airbase.

Answer

Mike Tapp

Asylum seekers have access to health and social care services from point of arrival in the UK and the Home Office work closely with the NHS, local authorities and contractors to ensure that asylum seekers can access the support they need. In relation to W...

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