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1688338

registered interest
date	07/02/2024
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	Health Services: Migrants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how much has been raised from the Immigration Health Surcharge has been received by (1) the NHS, and (2) by non-NHS bodies, in each year since 2015.
tabling member printed	Lord Rosser
uin	HL2308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2024 answer text <p>Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) income data is published annually in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts. The income generated by the Home Office is distributed to the devolved health administrations for the purposes of health spending, under the Barnett Formula.</p><p>Please note that the IHS figure is made up of both Retained Income and Consolidated Funds. The IHS amounts for the financial years from 2015 to 2022 inclusive are as follows:</p><p>- £169,112,000 in 2015/16;</p><p>- £210,250,000 in 2016/17;</p><p>- £240,483,000 in 2017/18;</p><p>- £297,927,000 in 2018/19;</p><p>- £597,677,000 in 2019/20;</p><p>- £480,822,000 in 2020/21;</p><p>- £1,423,284,000 in 2021/22; and</p><p>- £1,706,112,000 in 2022/23.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 13/02/2024 13:29:57 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	3687 label Biography information for Lord Rosser

1681077

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
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	Health Services: Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much revenue the health surcharge for migrants generated in each year from 2018 to 2022 inclusive.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	8969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2024 answer text <p>Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) income data is published annually in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p>Please note that the IHS figure is made up of both Retained Income and Consolidated Funds. The IHS amounts for financial years from 2018 to 2022 inclusive are as follows:</p><p>- 2017/18: £240,483,000</p><p>- 2018/19: £297,927,000</p><p>- 2019/20: £597,677,000</p><p>- 2020/21: £480,822,000</p><p>- 2021/22: £1,423,284,000</p><p>- 2022/23: £1,706,112,000</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 17/01/2024 17:39:51 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson previous answer version 11228 answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

1677539

registered interest
date	12/12/2023
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	Health Services: Migrants
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 average time taken for eligible applicants to receive an immigration healthcare surcharge refund was in each of the past six months.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	6625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>The reimbursement scheme covers those working in the health and care sector and those eligible under certain of the United Kingdom’s reciprocal healthcare arrangements. The following table shows the average mean time taken for eligible applicants to receive an Immigration Health Surcharge refund for the last six months, noting that December 2023 data is incomplete accounting for claims up to 13 December 2023:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Average mean time (days)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2023</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2023</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2023</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2023</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2023</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2023</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2023</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 19/12/2023 17:09:35 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1654448

registered interest
date	19/07/2023
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	Health Services: Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the increase in the Immigration Health Surcharge on the number of migrants with (a) acute and (b) chronic health issues who will seek NHS treatment.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	195014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>Regulations will be laid in Autumn 2023 to amend the Immigration (Heath Charge) Order 2015 to increase the Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) and a full economic impact assessment will be prepared.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 04/09/2023 10:14:29 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1536722

registered interest
date	27/10/2022
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	Health Services: Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much income the NHS received from Immigration Health Surcharge payments in each of the last two financial years.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	73139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally in the format requested as income from the Immigration Health Surcharge is divided between the devolved administrations.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 01/11/2022 17:29:18 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1487790

registered interest
date	11/07/2022
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	Health Services: Migrants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much money the Immigration Health surcharge raised in (1) 2020, and (2) 2021; and how much of that money was distributed (a) solely to the National Health Service, and (b) to other departments and public bodies.
tabling member printed	Lord Rosser
uin	HL1647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2022 answer text <p>The Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) raised £480.82 million in 2020/21; and £1,423 million in 2021/22. This relates to income collected by the Home Office through visa applications for the United Kingdom. The information requested on the distribution of this income specifically for the National Health Service in England, other Departments and public bodies is not held in the format requested. A proportion of net IHS income is allocated to the Department of Health and Social Care with other income sources for expenditure on health services by NHS England and other organisations, such as local authorities. However, there is no central record of the proportion of IHS income received by NHS and non-NHS organisations.</p><p>No specific assessment of the impact of the IHS on non-British citizens’ use of the NHS has been made. Those who pay the IHS have the same entitlement to NHS care as those ordinally resident in the United Kingdom, with the exception of assisted conception services.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall grouped question UIN HL1648 question first answered 05/08/2022 13:59:52 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	3687 label Biography information for Lord Rosser

1487791

registered interest
date	11/07/2022
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	Health Services: Migrants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which the Immigration Health Surcharge has reduced the impact of non-British citizens using the National Health Service; and how they have made this assessment.
tabling member printed	Lord Rosser
uin	HL1648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2022 answer text <p>The Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) raised £480.82 million in 2020/21; and £1,423 million in 2021/22. This relates to income collected by the Home Office through visa applications for the United Kingdom. The information requested on the distribution of this income specifically for the National Health Service in England, other Departments and public bodies is not held in the format requested. A proportion of net IHS income is allocated to the Department of Health and Social Care with other income sources for expenditure on health services by NHS England and other organisations, such as local authorities. However, there is no central record of the proportion of IHS income received by NHS and non-NHS organisations.</p><p>No specific assessment of the impact of the IHS on non-British citizens’ use of the NHS has been made. Those who pay the IHS have the same entitlement to NHS care as those ordinally resident in the United Kingdom, with the exception of assisted conception services.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall grouped question UIN HL1647 question first answered 05/08/2022 13:59:53 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	3687 label Biography information for Lord Rosser

1453436

registered interest
date	22/03/2022
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Health Services: Migrants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what has been the total amount raised by the immigration healthcare surcharge to date; and what has been the cost of collecting it.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL7205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2022 answer text <p>Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) income data is published annually in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts. See page 161 of the Home Office 2020-21 Annual Report and Accounts for the most recent disclosure of Immigration Health Surcharge income <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1000127%2FHO_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_2020-21_FINAL_AS_CERTIFIED__accessible_.pdf&amp;data=04%7C01%7CFinanceFOIandPQ%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Ca37ddae8ceba47bdcb3808da0cffeab3%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637836590531511857%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=AqYtR5HL9xege%2BylDdjCN%2BBbU%2Bl6K%2FjHLYyd5f8IFZA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank"><em>HO annual report and accounts 2020-21 (publishing.service.gov.uk)</em></a>. Reports relating to previous financial years are available at the following link <em>HO annual reports and accounts - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</em>.</p><p>Information relating to financial year 2021/22 will be available once the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts have been audited by National Audit Office and laid before Parliament.</p><p>A summary of the published annual amounts of income to date is detailed below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>IHS (£m)</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Published Accounts Income</p></td><td><p>169.11</p></td><td><p>210.25</p></td><td><p>240.48</p></td><td><p>298.47</p></td><td><p>597.68</p></td><td><p>480.82</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Due to commercial sensitivity the Home Office cannot disclose information on the associated administration costs of the IHS.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 06/04/2022 10:35:52 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1315072

registered interest
date	17/05/2021
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	Health Services: Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health on the effect of the Immigration Health Surcharge on the health of migrants who are (a) new parents and (b) children.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Sarah Owen
uin	2459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2021 answer text <p>There have been no specific discussions.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 20/05/2021 08:26:23 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4777 label Biography information for Sarah Owen

1247821

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
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	Health Services: Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Health and Social Care, whether all foreign nationals living in the UK will be able to access free covid-19 related healthcare treatment during the November 2020 covid-19 lockdown.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	110144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>Regulations came into force on 29 January 2020 to add Novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) (now known as COVID-19) to Schedule 1 of the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 2015. This means there can be no charge made to any overseas visitor, including anyone living in the United Kingdom without permission, for the diagnosis, or, if positive, treatment, of COVID-19.</p><p>This information has been widely communicated to National Health Service staff and the public, including a public-facing message which has been translated into 40 languages.</p><p>Furthermore, migrants who are ordinarily resident in the UK are entitled to all NHS secondary care without charge and certain groups, such as asylum seekers, refugees and victims of modern slavery are exempt from charge under the Charging Regulations.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 17/11/2020 15:43:08 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle