Question follow-through · 81587

Medical Treatments: Gaza

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse is of the scheme to evacuate and treat injured children from Gaza in the United Kingdom.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
13 Oct 2025
Target answer date
15 Oct 2025
Answer
17 Nov 2025 · 35 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse is of the scheme to evacuate and treat injured children from Gaza in the United Kingdom.

  2. 15 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The Government is committed to funding the costs associated with evacuating Gazan children for treatment in the United Kingdom. Departments will share the costs for the process by funding their specific areas of responsibility from their existing budgets.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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