Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of asylum seekers waiting for a decision on their application who have been diagnosed with tuberculosis as of October 2023.

The Home Office is fully committed to work closely with local authorities and the NHS. Individuals on asylum support with tuberculosis (TB) are accommodated in line with our policy and contractual provisions with our accommodation providers. We work in partnership with local health provision to improve services for supported asylum seekers.

For purpose of containing any outbreaks or infections, the Home Office has designated isolation space available in South England where those identified as having either symptoms of a contagious infection (including notifiable and non-notifiable communicable diseases) or declaring that they are suffering from such are moved to directly following arrival at the UK border.