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Health Services: Migrants

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 18 June 2025UIN 58110

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of individuals accessing NHS services who do not have lawful residency status in the UK; and whether such data is used to inform other estimates

Answered by Karin Smyth

The Department does not hold or collect the information requested.

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