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Health Services: Undocumented Migrants

Asked by Richard TiceReform UKDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 16 January 2026UIN 101578

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the annual cost to the NHS is of providing healthcare to illegal migrants.

Answered by Ashley Dalton

The Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England do not hold the information requested. The overall management of asylum seekers is a matter for the Home Office.

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