Written question asked by Baroness Debbonaire (Labour) on Friday, 25 October 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 29 October 2019. It was answered by Edward Argar (Conservative) on Wednesday, 30 October 2019 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.
Health Services: Migrants
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of people paying the immigration healthcare surcharge required healthcare in the 2018-19 financial year; and what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of that healthcare.
- Answer
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This information is not collected by the Department.
In July 2018, the Government published an impact assessment. The impact assessment is available at the following link:
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2018/126/pdfs/ukia_20180126_en.pdf
On the immigration health surcharge which included an estimation that the average cost of a surcharge payer to the National Health Service was approximately £480.
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- 5454
- Session
- 2019-19
- Subjects
- Health services Migrants Surcharges
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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