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Infectious Diseases: Undocumented Migrants

Commons · Question 70947 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 29 Sep 2025

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Asked by Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 21 July 2025 to Question 67468 on Diseases: Undocumented Migrants, what information her Department holds on the number of irregular migrants who were found to have an infe

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 29 Sep 2025

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) does not routinely collect or hold data on communicable disease by visa status for new arrivals to the United Kingdom. However, if an outbreak occurs, data associated with outbreak cases may be collected.There was an ...