Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many reimbursement claims his Department has received from UK citizens for health treatment in other European countries for each of the last five years.

The number of reimbursement claims the DWP Overseas Healthcare Team received from UK citizens for health treatment in EEA Member states is as follows:

2011 - 24616

2012 - 24447

2013 - 30228

2014 - 25034

2015 – 15793