NHS: Training

(asked on 9th December 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the total number of recipients of NHS bursaries in each of the last five years; how much has been so allocated; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
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Ben Gummer
This question was answered on 14th December 2015

Information on the number of students who were in receipt of a bursary and the total cost of all bursaries made in each of the last five complete financial years is shown in the following table.


Financial Year 1

2010/11

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

2014/15

Number of NHS Bursary recipients2

107,966

100,906

102,186

102,791

100,097

Total expenditure (£000)3

521,456

509,422

482,219

452,134

430,349

Source: NHS Business Services Authority

Notes:

1Covers the period 1 April to 31 March

2The figures relate to the number of students paid any bursary element in the period. As such figures exclude nil award holders (European Union) fees only students and students whose award was fully abated by means-testing. 3Covers all bursary award elements.



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