Question follow-through · 86021

Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on overseas healthcare in the latest year for which figures are available, broken down by country.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 28 Oct 2025
Target answer date: 30 Oct 2025
Answer: 17 Dec 2025 · 50 calendar days after tabling

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Votes on this topic

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026

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Recorded timeline

28 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on overseas healthcare in the latest year for which figures are available, broken down by country.
30 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Dec 2025
Answer published
NHS care is provided free at the point of use to people who are ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom, including people who were born abroad if they are not subject to immigration controls. Where the person is not ordinarily resident, the National Hea...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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