Health Services: Immigrants

(asked on 16th October 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 11 October 2018 on Immigration Health Surcharge, whether his Department has plans to publish the review of the evidence on the average cost to the NHS of treating surcharge payers.


Answered by
Steve Barclay Portrait
Steve Barclay
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
This question was answered on 24th October 2018

The Immigration (Health Charge) (Amendment) Order 2018 was introduced in Parliament on Thursday 11 October 2018 alongside a published impact assessment which is available at the following link:

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2018/9780111172995

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