§ Mr. Beithasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether first-year overseas students who register at universities during October 1982 will be liable to charges under the National Health Service; and, if so, how many such students he expects there to be.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergUnder the National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) Regulations 1982, which come into force on 1 October 1982, overseas students generally will be liable to NHS hospital charges until they have been in this country for one year, unless they have begun a course of study on or before 1 October or are otherwise exempt.
It is not possible to estimate how many such students there will be.