Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many student nurses in (a) Yorkshire and Humber and (b) the UK were given paid placements in the NHS as part of recruitment measures to address the covid-19 crisis; and what proportion of those placements will end on or before 31 July 2020.

As at 29 May 2020, 26,355 nursing and midwifery students had opted into paid placement as part of the COVID-19 call to arms.

Student placement numbers are not available by region.

Year 3 students will be paid until at least 31 July 2020. Any Year 3 student who still has hours to complete will be paid until September to allow them to do this.

Any year 2 students on placement until 31 July will be paid and after this, normal non-paid placements will be re-introduced along with Year 1 students.