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Written Question
Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements
Wednesday 15th March 2017

Asked by: Lord Lilley (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost was of reimbursing health care treatment received by UK nationals resident in (a) each EEA/EU country and (b) Switzerland under EU Regulations 883/2004 and 987/2009 and Directive 20011/24 under the (i) European Health Insurance Card, (ii) S1 and (iii) S2 schemes in each of the last five financial years.

Answered by Philip Dunne

As insurability under European Union law is not determined on the basis of nationality, it is not possible to provide information on the reimbursement costs under EU Regulations 883/2004 and 987/2009, and Directive 20011/24 under the European Health Insurance Card, S1 and S2 scheme. Other Economic European Area (EEA) countries and Switzerland reimburse the United Kingdom for the cost of the National Health Service providing treatment to people they are responsible for under EU law, including UK nationals insured in another EEA country or Switzerland, irrespective of nationality.

The following table provides information on the numbers of S2 forms issued.

Financial years April-March

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

S2/E112

Out-going

1,442

1,312

1,354

1,355

1,330

Source: Overseas Healthcare Team (OHT), Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

Note: It is possible that issued S2s to customers have not been used

Information on S2 arrangements approved retrospectively is not available.

The following table provides information on the numbers of S1 forms registered by individuals in Foreign Authorities (FA) for whom the UK is responsible under the EU law.

Registration In Financial Years April-March

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

Registered by FA

7,561

19,887

46,412

28,600

25,198

Source: OHT, DWP

Note: Data is from 1 April to 31 March

Data above includes forms issued E106, E109, E120, E121, E122 and S1, these exclude PRC, E123, DA1, E112 and S2.

Timeline of data

2011 to 2012

OHT moved to Washington and staff training started. There were low skill levels in this period.

2013

OHT had a back log of work which was taken on and cleared by staff in Porth.

2014

Registrations start to level out.

The following list provides information on how many European Health Insurance Cards were issued in the last five years:

2015-16 6,069,233

2014-15 5,414,977

2013-14 5,571,060

2012-13 5,240,608

2011-12 6,830,734

Source: NHS Business Services Authority

Written Question
Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements
Wednesday 15th March 2017

Asked by: Lord Lilley (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many applications for treatment under S2 arrangements were approved retrospectively in each of the five financial years preceding 2016-17.

Answered by Philip Dunne

As insurability under European Union law is not determined on the basis of nationality, it is not possible to provide information on the reimbursement costs under EU Regulations 883/2004 and 987/2009, and Directive 20011/24 under the European Health Insurance Card, S1 and S2 scheme. Other Economic European Area (EEA) countries and Switzerland reimburse the United Kingdom for the cost of the National Health Service providing treatment to people they are responsible for under EU law, including UK nationals insured in another EEA country or Switzerland, irrespective of nationality.

The following table provides information on the numbers of S2 forms issued.

Financial years April-March

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

S2/E112

Out-going

1,442

1,312

1,354

1,355

1,330

Source: Overseas Healthcare Team (OHT), Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

Note: It is possible that issued S2s to customers have not been used

Information on S2 arrangements approved retrospectively is not available.

The following table provides information on the numbers of S1 forms registered by individuals in Foreign Authorities (FA) for whom the UK is responsible under the EU law.

Registration In Financial Years April-March

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

Registered by FA

7,561

19,887

46,412

28,600

25,198

Source: OHT, DWP

Note: Data is from 1 April to 31 March

Data above includes forms issued E106, E109, E120, E121, E122 and S1, these exclude PRC, E123, DA1, E112 and S2.

Timeline of data

2011 to 2012

OHT moved to Washington and staff training started. There were low skill levels in this period.

2013

OHT had a back log of work which was taken on and cleared by staff in Porth.

2014

Registrations start to level out.

The following list provides information on how many European Health Insurance Cards were issued in the last five years:

2015-16 6,069,233

2014-15 5,414,977

2013-14 5,571,060

2012-13 5,240,608

2011-12 6,830,734

Source: NHS Business Services Authority

Written Question
Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements
Wednesday 15th March 2017

Asked by: Lord Lilley (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many S1 applications were approved in each of the five financial years preceding 2016-17.

Answered by Philip Dunne

As insurability under European Union law is not determined on the basis of nationality, it is not possible to provide information on the reimbursement costs under EU Regulations 883/2004 and 987/2009, and Directive 20011/24 under the European Health Insurance Card, S1 and S2 scheme. Other Economic European Area (EEA) countries and Switzerland reimburse the United Kingdom for the cost of the National Health Service providing treatment to people they are responsible for under EU law, including UK nationals insured in another EEA country or Switzerland, irrespective of nationality.

The following table provides information on the numbers of S2 forms issued.

Financial years April-March

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

S2/E112

Out-going

1,442

1,312

1,354

1,355

1,330

Source: Overseas Healthcare Team (OHT), Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

Note: It is possible that issued S2s to customers have not been used

Information on S2 arrangements approved retrospectively is not available.

The following table provides information on the numbers of S1 forms registered by individuals in Foreign Authorities (FA) for whom the UK is responsible under the EU law.

Registration In Financial Years April-March

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

Registered by FA

7,561

19,887

46,412

28,600

25,198

Source: OHT, DWP

Note: Data is from 1 April to 31 March

Data above includes forms issued E106, E109, E120, E121, E122 and S1, these exclude PRC, E123, DA1, E112 and S2.

Timeline of data

2011 to 2012

OHT moved to Washington and staff training started. There were low skill levels in this period.

2013

OHT had a back log of work which was taken on and cleared by staff in Porth.

2014

Registrations start to level out.

The following list provides information on how many European Health Insurance Cards were issued in the last five years:

2015-16 6,069,233

2014-15 5,414,977

2013-14 5,571,060

2012-13 5,240,608

2011-12 6,830,734

Source: NHS Business Services Authority

Written Question
Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements
Wednesday 15th March 2017

Asked by: Lord Lilley (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many European Health Insurance Cards were issued in each of the five financial years preceding 2016-17.

Answered by Philip Dunne

As insurability under European Union law is not determined on the basis of nationality, it is not possible to provide information on the reimbursement costs under EU Regulations 883/2004 and 987/2009, and Directive 20011/24 under the European Health Insurance Card, S1 and S2 scheme. Other Economic European Area (EEA) countries and Switzerland reimburse the United Kingdom for the cost of the National Health Service providing treatment to people they are responsible for under EU law, including UK nationals insured in another EEA country or Switzerland, irrespective of nationality.

The following table provides information on the numbers of S2 forms issued.

Financial years April-March

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

S2/E112

Out-going

1,442

1,312

1,354

1,355

1,330

Source: Overseas Healthcare Team (OHT), Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

Note: It is possible that issued S2s to customers have not been used

Information on S2 arrangements approved retrospectively is not available.

The following table provides information on the numbers of S1 forms registered by individuals in Foreign Authorities (FA) for whom the UK is responsible under the EU law.

Registration In Financial Years April-March

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

Registered by FA

7,561

19,887

46,412

28,600

25,198

Source: OHT, DWP

Note: Data is from 1 April to 31 March

Data above includes forms issued E106, E109, E120, E121, E122 and S1, these exclude PRC, E123, DA1, E112 and S2.

Timeline of data

2011 to 2012

OHT moved to Washington and staff training started. There were low skill levels in this period.

2013

OHT had a back log of work which was taken on and cleared by staff in Porth.

2014

Registrations start to level out.

The following list provides information on how many European Health Insurance Cards were issued in the last five years:

2015-16 6,069,233

2014-15 5,414,977

2013-14 5,571,060

2012-13 5,240,608

2011-12 6,830,734

Source: NHS Business Services Authority

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 May 2016
Defending Public Services

"It is a great pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Leicester East (Keith Vaz), who, as always, spoke very thoughtfully on a range of subjects, and with great passion in favour of curry and against sugar. However, I was rather surprised that he implicitly endorsed the fundamentally racist …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 May 2016
Defending Public Services

"My right hon. Friend is absolutely right. If we let TTIP through, it will be a further transfer of law-making power away from this country to international bureaucrats and multinational companies.

There is a referendum dimension to the TTIP treaty issue. First, the only absolutely certain way of preventing it …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 23 May 2016
Defending Public Services

"First, may I clarify to my right hon. Friend that I have long campaigned against TTIP? Secondly, Switzerland has more deals than the EU, including deals with China, Australia and India. The only countries with which the EU has deals that China does not are very minor states...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 04 May 2016
NHS Bursaries

"It is a pleasure to follow on from the hon. Member for Ilford North (Wes Streeting), who made a thoughtful speech and highlighted an important point about the different study load of those training to be nurses, compared with some of us when we were at university. I do not …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 04 May 2016
NHS Bursaries

"It is certainly bizarre that we pay African countries to train nurses and promptly recruit them to come here, so we are getting them cheaply trained abroad. I do not mind particularly the manner in which their training is financed.

The problem faced by my local NHS was that it …..."
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