Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria his Department uses to estimate the average cost per year in England on treating non-EEA surcharge payers.
The estimate of the average cost per year in England of treating non-European Economic Area surcharge payers is based on the actual costs of treating surcharge payers in secondary care, and estimates for other National Health Service services based on age, gender and other demographics relative to the general population in England.