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Health Services: Foreign Nationals

Asked by Lee AndersonReform UKDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 24 November 2025UIN 88331

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the cost to the public purse of treatment for people who came to Britain only for (a) health and (b) medical treatment in each of the last three years.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The Department does not collect or hold the information requested.

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