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	registered interest
	date	20/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Health Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what access young asylum seekers have to health provision, once they reach the age of 18.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL2228
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>They have access to NHS services free of charge while their asylum claims are under consideration.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 30/10/2014 16:19:48 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

436058

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Health Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what NHS medical support is available for (1) asylum seekers, and (2) refugees.
	tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
	uin	HL4354
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2015 answer text <p>Only those asylum seekers (and their dependants) who receive asylum support under section 95 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 are entitled to access NHS medical services. They are able to access free NHS prescriptions, free dental treatment, free eye sight tests, help with the cost of glasses or contact lenses, free wigs and fabric supports and help with the cost of travel to receive treatment under the care of a consultant.</p><p>The Home Office takes all reasonable steps to ensure the health and welfare of asylum seekers who receive asylum support under section 95 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. At the inception of their claim, they are provided with an opportunity to undergo assessment by health officials and suitable steps are taken to provide them with access to appropriate medical treatment, this includes advice on how to register with a GP practice and how to access emergency treatment at a hospital or walk in centre.</p><p>Those qualifying asylum seekers, as outlined above, are provided with a HC2 certificate which confirms to medical practitioners that they are eligible to access appropriate medical services.</p><p>Refugees who have been granted asylum status are eligible for services from the National Health Service on the same basis as the general population.</p> answering member printed Lord Bates question first answered 21/12/2015 12:26:55 answering member 1091 label Biography information for Lord Bates
	tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

867050

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Asylum: Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March 2018 to Question 132251 on Asylum: Health Services, what recent discussions her Department has had with the Department of Heath and Social Care on the provision of health care for asylum seekers who will be housed in the proposed interim accommodation centre in Halton.
	tabling member constituency	Halton
	tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
	uin	133168
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>The Home Office and its Providers are in regular contact with other government departments and local authorities, including the Department of Health and Social Care, to ensure there are arrangements in place to provide services to asylum seekers that are supported by the Home Office.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 23/03/2018 13:54:50 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg