| Heading: |
Spectacles: Asylum |
| Question ID: |
1797012 |
| UIN: |
47902 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-24 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5089 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Ben Obese-Jecty
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| Asking Member handle: |
BenObeseJecty
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@BenObeseJecty
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what is the total cost to the public purse of financial support given to asylum seekers for glasses since 5 July 2024. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-30 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4359 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Stephen Kinnock
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| Answering Member handle: |
skinnock
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@skinnock
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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 |