Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to change the eligibility criteria for the Nursing Bursary Scheme to enable students studying relevant CertHE courses to apply.

The Government keeps the funding arrangements for all National Health Service health professionals’ education under close review, to ensure that students are appropriately supported.

Students on Higher Education Certificates courses are not eligible for the new grant funding and there are no current plans to extend eligibility to include them. Students may, however, qualify for other support including student finance loans.