Asked by: Steve Barclay (Conservative - North East Cambridgeshire)
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, for a list of all grants made from the Life Sciences Innovative Manufacturing Fund to date, identifying the grant amount and the recipient company.
Answered by Kanishka Narayan - Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Technology)
The Government has committed up to £520m for life sciences manufacturing through the Life Sciences Innovative Manufacturing Fund (LSIMF). The scheme launched in October 2024 and will deliver funding until March 2030. To date the scheme has made nine grant awards, totalling £105.8 million of committed expenditure. Details of all awards made under the scheme are published on the "Search for UK Subsidies" transparency database at https://searchforuksubsidies.beis.gov.uk/scheme/?scheme=SC11219, and this will be updated as further grants are awarded.
Asked by: Steve Barclay (Conservative - North East Cambridgeshire)
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much funding through the Life Sciences Innovative Manufacturing Fund has been awarded to projects focused on Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs).
Answered by Kanishka Narayan - Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Technology)
The Government has committed up to £520m for life sciences manufacturing, through the Life Sciences Innovative Manufacturing Fund (LSIMF). The scheme launched in October 2024 and will deliver funding until March 2030. Projects focused on Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs) are in scope of the scheme, and we have supported two projects in this sector, totalling £4,335,478 of grant funding. We have other ATMP projects in the pipeline, and expect to make further grant awards soon. We continue to welcome applications from the ATMP sector.
Asked by: Steve Barclay (Conservative - North East Cambridgeshire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS prescriptions were issued to not ordinarily resident overseas visitors in (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-2026.
Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This data is not held centrally.
Asked by: Steve Barclay (Conservative - North East Cambridgeshire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many not ordinarily resident overseas visitors attended at NHS (a) walk in centres and (b) A&E departments in (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-2026.
Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The data is not available publicly in the format requested.
Asked by: Steve Barclay (Conservative - North East Cambridgeshire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) number and (b) proportion of chargeable cases of NHS secondary health care services supplied to not ordinarily resident overseas visitors saw full recovery of all charges due in (i) 2024-25 and (ii) 2025-2026.
Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
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 chargeable overseas visitors in England in its Annual Report and Accounts. The consolidated NHS provider accounts published cash payments received in-year by the NHS from overseas visitors.
The following table shows aggregate income identified and cash payments received for 2024/25:
Year | Aggregate income identified | Cash payments received in-year |
2024/25 | £142,000,000 | £43,000,000 |
Source: The Department of Health and Social Care Annual Report and Accounts and Consolidated NHS provider accounts.
The 2025/26 accounts have not yet been published.
Asked by: Steve Barclay (Conservative - North East Cambridgeshire)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
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.
Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
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 chargeable overseas visitors in England in its Annual Report and Accounts. The consolidated NHS provider accounts published cash payments received in-year by the NHS from overseas visitors.
The following table shows aggregate income identified and cash payments received for 2024/25:
Year | Aggregate income identified | Cash payments received in-year |
2024/25 | £142,000,000 | £43,000,000 |
Source: The Department of Health and Social Care Annual Report and Accounts and Consolidated NHS provider accounts.
The 2025/26 accounts have not yet been published.