Health Services: Undocumented Migrants
Commons · Question 47009 · Tabled 22 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Rupert Lowe
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the NHS of treating patients who are in the UK unlawfully in the last 12 months.
Answer
Answered by Karin Smyth, 30 Apr 2025
The Department has made no such estimate. The Department publishes income identified and cash recovered from overseas visitors, which includes expatriates, visitors and undocumented migrants, on an annual basis in its annual report and accounts. The lates...