Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what has been the total amount raised by the immigration healthcare surcharge to date; and what has been the cost of collecting it.

Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) income data is published annually in the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts. See page 161 of the Home Office 2020-21 Annual Report and Accounts for the most recent disclosure of Immigration Health Surcharge income HO annual report and accounts 2020-21 (publishing.service.gov.uk). Reports relating to previous financial years are available at the following link HO annual reports and accounts - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

Information relating to financial year 2021/22 will be available once the Home Office Annual Report and Accounts have been audited by National Audit Office and laid before Parliament.

A summary of the published annual amounts of income to date is detailed below:

Due to commercial sensitivity the Home Office cannot disclose information on the associated administration costs of the IHS.