Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of final-year students from (a) Queen Mary University of London Malta, (b) Newcastle University Medicine Malaysia and (c) the City St George’s, University of London medical degree programme delivered at the University of Nicosia in Cyprus who applied for the 2026 UK Foundation Programme; how many of those students were allocated an FY1 post in the primary allocation round; and how many were placed on the reserve list.

The Department of Health and Social Care has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.