Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 89528

Health Services: Foreign Nationals

Tabled: 11 November 2025
Answered: 20 November 2025

Question

Dr Caroline Johnson

ConservativeSleaford and North Hykeham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the NHS has recovered from patients who were not entitled to free NHS in each of the last three years.

Answer

Karin Smyth
For this answer, we have taken ‘patients who were not entitled’ to mean chargeable overseas visitors.The Department publishes data on the income identified from chargeable overseas visitors in England as part of the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts...

This is an extract from the Parliament API. Search the full answer on Parliament.uk (UIN 89528) →