Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued to the (a) NHS and (b) local authorities in England and Wales on access to health and social care for Hongkongers coming to the UK under the BN(O) visa and other routes.

Information for the National Health Service and local authorities for Hongkongers coming to the United Kingdom under the BN(O) visa and other routes is available in ‘Guidance on implementing the overseas visitor charging regulations’ which was published in February 2021 and is available at the following link:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/964543/Main_Guidance_post_February_2021_v3.pdf