Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the Immigration Health Surcharge covers the full cost to the NHS of treatment for those required to pay it.

The Immigration Health Surcharge is set at an amount equivalent to the estimated average cost of providing healthcare to migrants. The estimate is based on the average cost of healthcare per head of the general population, adjusted to reflect that migrants use the National Health Service less than the average person. The current level of the Immigrant Health Surcharge is £1,035 per person per year, which reflects our latest assessment of the average cost.