Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of Brexit on the bursary proposals for healthcare students; and whether they intend to revise their assessment of the impact of those bursary proposals in the light of Brexit.

There are no plans to revise the published economic impact assessment and equalities analysis to take account of Brexit.

The Department of Health is working with the Department for Exiting the European Union (EU) to ensure that the needs of health and social care providers and those in need of health and social care services are taken into account as we exit from the EU.

In October 2016, the Department for Education confirmed that EU students will remain eligible to apply for the standard student loan package and this will not change during their course if the Government triggers Brexit during the next few years.

As part of implementing the healthcare education funding reforms, the Government will monitor student application rates, characteristics and overall workforce supply.