A question on #NHS #UndocumentedMigrants tabled by Rupert Lowe on 28-11-2024 has been answered by Andrew Gwynne.

Heading: NHS: Undocumented Migrants
Question ID: 1745605
UIN: 16826
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2024-11-28
Asking Member ID: 5158
Asking Member display name: Rupert Lowe
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Rupert Lowe
Member interest: false
Question text: 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.
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Date answered: 2024-12-05
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Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 1506
Answering Member display name: Andrew Gwynne
Answering Member handle: GwynneMP
Answering Member Twitter reference: @GwynneMP
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Answer text: 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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Answering body ID: 17
Answering body name: Department of Health and Social Care
Tweeted: true