Question follow-through · 58110
Health Services: Migrants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of individuals accessing NHS services who do not have lawful residency status in the UK; and whether such data is used to inform other estimates
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 6 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 18 Jun 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Health and care
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Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
6 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of individuals accessing NHS services who do not have lawful residency status in the UK; and whether such data is used to inform other estimates
10 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Jun 2025
Answer published
The Department does not hold or collect the information requested.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
GP practice lists: Migrants
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Childbirth: Migrants
11 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of births in NHS hospitals to mothers not born in the UK in 2023, broken down by the (a) region of the hospital and (b) mother's country of birth
Out-patients: Attendance
12 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the NHS was of missed appointments in 2024.
Out-patients: Attendance
12 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS appointments were missed in the last 12-months.
Health Services: Parking
12 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of NHS Trusts provide free parking to patients.
NHS: Re-employment
12 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to bring retired NHS staff back into service.
Department of Health and Social Care: Translation Services
20 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much their Department has spent on (a) translation and (b) interpretation for languages other than (i) British Sign Language and (ii) languages native to the UK for people contacting (A) their
NHS: Protective Clothing
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NHS: Fraud
23 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total value was of fraud detected across NHS procurement systems in each year since 2020.
Department of Health and Social Care: Marketing
24 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on (a) social media promotions, (b) influencer marketing and (c) online advertising in the last 12 months.
Department of Health and Social Care: Remote Working
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Hospitals: Food
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