Undocumented Migrants: Health Services and Social Security Benefits
Commons · Question 15501 · Tabled 21 Nov 2024 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Question
Asked by Lee Anderson
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department is taking steps to prevent (a) undocumented and (b) illegal migrants in the UK workforce from accessing (i) NHS and (ii) welfare services.
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 2 Dec 2024
The UK has in place a framework of laws, policies and administrative arrangements to regulate migrant access to work, benefits and services. These measures ensure only those who are lawfully present and with the right to access are able to do so, whilst p...