| Heading: |
Health Services: Asylum |
| Question ID: |
1744902 |
| UIN: |
HL2893 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2024-11-26 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4216 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Empey
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Lord Empey
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government whether asylum seekers who arrive in the United Kingdom through official channels or illegally are eligible to receive all NHS services; and if so, what is the level of uptake of these services. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2024-12-06 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
347 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Merron
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Merron
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| Answer text: |
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 of the most vulnerable people arriving in the United Kingdom, includi... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |