Thank you for your request for information about the following:

Request

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from this authority: 1) For each calendar year 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024, how much money £GBP was charged to refused asylum seekers for non-urgent care? 2) For each calendar year 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024, how much money £GBP was successfully claimed from refused asylum seekers for non-urgent care?

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 7 July 2025.

We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

Our response

I am writing to advise you that following a search of our paper and electronic records, I have established that the information you requested is not held by the NHSBSA.

Advice and Assistance

Having reviewed your request, I believe that it is possible that NHS England or Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) may hold some or all of the information you require. They can be contacted at:

NHS England

PO Box 16738

Redditch

B97 9PT

Telephone: 0300 311 22 33

Email: england.contactus@nhs.net

Web http://www.england.nhs.uk/contact-us/foi/

Following the announcement on 13 March 2025 regarding the disbanding of NHS England, please be assured that at this time they can be contacted for information as normal.

More information can be found here: https://www.england.nhs.uk/

Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)

Ministerial Correspondence and Public Enquiries Unit

Department of Health and Social Care

39 Victoria Street

London

SW1H 0EU

Telephone: 0300 790 4007

Email: dhsc.publicenquiries@dhsc.gov.uk

Web: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-health-and-social-care

Publishing this response

Please note that this information will be published on our Freedom of Information disclosure log at:

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/foi-02987

Your personal details will be removed from the published response.