PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Mental Health Services: Refugees (19 July 2022)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of refugees relocated to the UK under the Afghan Citizens' Resettlement Scheme who have requested access to mental health services.

Asked by:
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour)

No specific estimate has been made as this information is not collected centrally. Local areas have established trauma-informed psychological and emotional support services for Afghan refugees led by clinicians with expertise in trauma-informed care. In 2021, £3 million was provided to the National Health Service for an enhanced healthcare offer for people arriving through Afghan resettlement schemes. All Afghan refugees have now registered with a general practitioner or are being helped to do so.

Answered by:
Gillian Keegan (Conservative)
26 July 2022