Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what is the cap for international fee-paying students for medical schools (1) in total, and (2) for each medical school, in (a) 2026, and (b) 2027.

In England, the Office for Students (OfS) sets the maximum fundable limit for medical school places on an annual basis.

For the 2025/26 academic year, OfS has published its limit at 8,126 for medical school places. This includes provision for a maximum of 456 overseas students.

The attached spreadsheet details how the total maximum fundable limit is split between anticipated home and overseas students for each medical schools.

OfS will publish its intake targets for the 2026/27 academic year in due course.