Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS recharged to (a) other EU countries and (b) non-EU countries for treatment in 2017.
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Wokingham (John Redwood) on 3 April 2018, Question 134465.
With regard to non-European Union countries, it should be noted that while the United Kingdom does have reciprocal healthcare agreements with a number of non-EU countries, owing to the terms of these agreements, the medical costs in either direction are underwritten and so consequently, there is no exchange of money to report.