Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2018 to Question 179266 on Health Services: Immigrants, if he will publish the methodology and background data used to calculate the estimate of £470 per surcharge payer per annum.

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/ukia/2018/126/pdfs/ukia_20180126_en.pdf