Written questions

Health Services: Foreign Nationals

Commons · Question 10105 · Tabled 16 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 23 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Steve Barclay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many not ordinarily resident overseas visitors received NHS secondary health care services, regardless of whether a charging expedition applied, in (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-2026.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 23 Jun 2026

The Department neither holds nor routinely collects data on the number of overseas visitors receiving National Health Service secondary care, or on the volume or proportion of charges recovered.The Department publishes data on the income identified from c...