Maternity Services: Asylum
Commons · Question 3989 · Tabled 3 Sep 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 9 Sep 2024
Question
Asked by Rachael Maskell
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the provision of maternity services to asylum seekers; and if he will take steps to help ensure that asylum seekers understand how to access emergen
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 9 Sep 2024
The Home Office manages all asylum processes, which includes supporting people to access the services they need. Women seeking asylum are asked at several stages of their asylum application whether they may be pregnant by Home Office case workers, who wil...