PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
NHS and Care Workers: Migrant Workers (15 November 2021)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 15 November 2021 to Question 70322 on NHS and Social Services: Migrant Workers, if he will publish in any format available how many overseas NHS and care workers have received a reimbursement for the immigration health surcharge since the Government announced the policy in 2020.

Asked by:
Sarah Owen (Labour)

While the Home Office, UK Visas and Immigration Services and the NHS Business Services Authority manage the system of reimbursement and collect management information on the number of refunds that have been made, this information is currently unvalidated. The Home Office is considering whether this information can be verified and released in line with data standards.

Answered by:
Edward Argar (Conservative)
29 November 2021