Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to meet representatives from the British Medical Association to discuss his Department's plans to increase medical school places.

As announced by my Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State on 4 October, the Government will run a public consultation in early 2017 on increasing the number of medical training places available to students each year from September 2018. All stakeholders, including the British Medical Association, will have an opportunity to input into policy development at this stage.