Jim Cunningham – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2015-12-09.
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.
Ben Gummer
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.
