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Home Office

Answer

David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) asylum seekers, (b) tourists and (c) immigrants entering the UK were tested for (i) tuberculosis, (ii) HIV and (iii) hepatitis in each year since 1997; and what proportion tested positive in each case. [217742] Mr. Charles Clarke: Referral statistics are not collected routinely for all ports of entry. However we have obtained the statistics shown in the table for tuberculosis checks at Heathrow and Gatwick from the bodies which carry out the checks there. These statistics cover all passengers who are routinely referred. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Heathrow Gatwick Referrals for Tuberculosis cases Referrals for Tuberculosis cases tuberculosis check identified1 tuberculosis check identified1 1997-98 65,188 100 n/a -- 1998-99 72,079 119 n/a -- 1999-2000 88,079 119 267 1 2000-01 108,170 89 773 15 2001-02 148,619 94-138 3,548 36 2002-03 164,655 98-173 1,882 22 2003-04 175,039 92-205 1,705 8 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Figures given may not be strictly comparable because of changes in definitions used by the health control unit at the airport. Where ranges are given, they reflect the fact that the unit does not always receive confirmation from a hospital that what the unit has identified as a case of TB on the basis of a chest x-ray is a case.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

431 c1612W;431 c1606W; 217742

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Asylum Infectious diseases HIV/AIDS Migrants Hepatitis Screening Testing Tourists Tuberculosis

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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