Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Prime Minister's oral contribution of 26 October 2022, Official Report, column 295, what the evidential basis is for his statement that the Government has reintroduced the nurses' bursary.

In September 2020, the Government introduced an enhanced Learning Support Funding (LSF). Under the LSF, all eligible nursing students in England now receive non-income assessed and non-repayable grants of at least £5,000 per year, with additional funding for those studying certain subjects and those with child dependants. Students eligible for the LSF can also access maintenance and tuition fee loans provided by the Student Loans Company.