Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many workers have no recourse to public funds; and what steps the Government will take to support those workers financially during the covid-19 outbreak.

The Government is keeping the situation under constant review. For example, COVID19 has been added to the list of communicable diseases so anyone experiencing symptoms, regardless of their immigration status will be treated for free by the NHS.

The no recourse to public funds (NRPF) condition is applied to the leave of most migrants in the UK as a legitimate means of maintaining and protecting our economic resources. Information about NRPF is held on individual case files so wider population data, such as that requested for all households nationally, is not held by the Home Office.