Written questions

Health Insurance

Commons · Question 57237 · Tabled 4 Jun 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 9 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Jim Shannon

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the uptake of private health insurance over the last five years.

Answer

Answered by Emma Reynolds, 9 Jun 2025

HM Treasury has not made an assessment of the uptake of private health insurance over the last five years. However, the Financial Conduct Authority’s Financial Lives 2024 survey, published in May 2025, estimated that in 2024, one in seven adults (14%) hel...