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1438364

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date	07/03/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Global Health Insurance Card
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria are used to choose those selected for residency checks while applying for a UK Global Health Insurance Card; what assessment his Department has been made of the equity of those criteria; and whether a ministerial direction was issued in determining those criteria.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	135466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2022 answer text <p>Applications for United Kingdom Global Health Insurance Cards (GHIC) are processed by the NHS Business Services Authority under the Healthcare (European Economic Area and Switzerland Arrangements) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. Applicants may be eligible for a GHIC if they are ordinarily resident in the UK and they do not have healthcare cover provided by a European Union country or Switzerland. UK residency was also an eligibility requirement under the previous European Health Insurance Card system.</p><p>To verify applications, the NHS Business Service Authority shares information with Indesser to establish a UK residential address. If an applicant’s residential address cannot be verified, the NHS Business Service Authority will request further evidence from the applicant. There is a wide range of documents which may be used to provide this evidence. This supports all eligible applicants in demonstrating their entitlement and no-one is disadvantaged. Applicants are asked to provide two of the following documents:</p><p>- one or more different utility service bills dated within the last three months;</p><p>- a local authority council tax bill dated for the current financial year;</p><p>- a valid housing association, council tenancy letter or rent agreement;</p><p>- a benefit award notice dated within the last three months;</p><p>- a letter from HM Revenue and Customs dated within the last three months;</p><p>- a bank, building society or credit union statement or passbook dated within the last three months;</p><p>- an electoral register entry dated for the current financial year;</p><p>- a letter from hospital or general practitioner on headed paper dated within the last three months;</p><p>- a mortgage statement from a recognised lender dated within the last three months;</p><p>- an HM Revenue and Customs self-assessment letter or tax demand dated for the current financial year; and</p><p>- a solicitor’s letter dated within the last three months that shows a recent house purchase or land registry including the address.</p><p> </p><p>Applicants may also send alternative evidence showing their full name and address. The residency check was introduced to ensure that taxpayers’ money is spent on those who are eligible under the reciprocal healthcare agreements. There are no Ministerial Directions which relate to GHIC evidential requirements.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 10/03/2022 11:03:56 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1378648

registered interest
date	15/11/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Global Health Insurance Card
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many Global Health Insurance Card applications (a) are in progress, (b) are awaiting processing and (c) have been received in each month of 2021.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	75104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2021 answer text <p>As of 15 November 2021, there were 176,533 Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC) applications which the NHS Business Services Authority would categorise as currently ‘in progress’ and where more information is required from the applicant. As of 15 November 2021, 11,191 applications are classed by the NHS Business Services Authority as ‘awaiting processing’ where the applicant is awaiting a response.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the total number of applications received in each month of 2021.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>239,808</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>226,271</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>141,534</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>82,367</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>151,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>130,313</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>311,139</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>338,121</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>274,236</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>240,673</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>54,196</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em> </em></p><p>Note:</p><p>From June 2021, the new GHIC portal included additional residency checks aimed at preventing fraud.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 22/11/2021 13:39:09 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1378649

registered interest
date	15/11/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Global Health Insurance Card
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many staff are working on processing Global Health Insurance Card applications; and whether the Government has made an assessment of the adequacy of the number of staff processing applications in relation to the volume of applications.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	75105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2021 answer text <p>There are approximately 35 to 45 staff deployed to work on Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC) applications. Staffing levels at the NHS Business Services Authority are kept under review to meet demand during peak periods. However, we encourage customers to apply for their GHIC as far in advance of planned travel as possible.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 23/11/2021 14:17:40 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1276338

registered interest
date	13/01/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Global Health Insurance Card
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the differences in coverage of (a) countries and (b) services are between the European Health Insurance Card scheme and the UK Global Health Insurance Card; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	137184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2021 answer text <p>The reciprocal healthcare coverage under the United Kingdom-European Union Trade and Cooperation Agreement for those on a temporary stay in an EU member state is the same, in terms of healthcare services which can be accessed by individuals, compared to the previous coverage under EU Regulations 883 and 987. However, under the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement, crew or passengers of a vessel or aircraft may now be covered for necessary healthcare on their arrival in an EU member state if the need arose whilst on a voyage, which is not the case under the EU Regulations.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement provides reciprocal healthcare coverage for travel to EU member states only. European Free Trade Area states are not covered. The UK Global Health Insurance Card has been launched to recognise this new agreement and will gradually replace old European Health Insurance Cards (EHIC) once they expire. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Under the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement, UK nationals who were residing and/or working in the EU, and EU citizens residing and/or working in the UK, before 1 January 2021 are eligible to apply for a new UK EHIC which can be used for travel to EU member states, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. For those who are not covered by the Withdrawal Agreement, the UK has agreed a bilateral reciprocal arrangement with Norway which means UK nationals are covered for necessary healthcare there.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 18/01/2021 17:30:43 question first ministerially corrected 24/03/2021 11:09:28 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 74914 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1276339

registered interest
date	13/01/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Global Health Insurance Card
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many applications for the UK Global Health Insurance Card have been received since the introduction of that scheme.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	137185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2021 answer text <p>The NHS Business Services Authority has received over 38,000 applications for the United Kingdom Global Health Insurance Card since the announcement of the scheme on 11 January 2021.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 27/01/2021 16:44:15 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1273347

registered interest
date	30/12/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Global Health Insurance Card
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish details on how to apply for the new Global Health Insurance Card.
tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
uin	132872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2021 answer text <p>Details on the new United Kingdom Global Health Insurance Card were announced on 11 January, in recognition of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) with the European Union.</p><p>Current European Health Insurance Cards (EHICs) will remain valid until the expiration date on the card and do not need to be replaced immediately. Expired EHICs will be able to be replaced with the new Global Health Insurance Card.</p><p>To apply for the new Global Health Insurance Card, as now, UK residents will be able to apply online.</p><p>If a UK resident is travelling and they do not have their card, they are still entitled to necessary healthcare should it be required. In these circumstances they should contact the NHS Business Services Authority for a Provisional Replacement Certificate.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 12/01/2021 16:52:34 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes