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442650

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has assessed the potential effects on nursing students of abolishing grants and maintenance allowances and introducing student loans and tuition fees for nurses' training placement.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	20983
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2016 answer text <p>The Department plans to issue a public consultation by the end of Febraury 2016 on how we can most successfully take forward and implement the reforms. An impact assessment will be published alongside the consultation document.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 08/01/2016 15:20:58 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

388261

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what training is available for nurses in supporting people with learning disabilities in England.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	5766
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) to set the standards for education and training and ensure newly qualified nurses are equipped with the knowledge, skills and attitudes to provide high quality patient care including those training in learning disability.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Health Education England (HEE) commissions pre-registration nurse training programmes to ensure an appropriately skilled workforce is available to meet service demand. HEE also develop and commission a range of post graduate and supplementary training programmes to enable qualified nurses to continue to develop and enhance their skills.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HEE plans to undertake a long term piece of work to review curriculums of all National Health Service commissioned training programmes to include recognised areas of health including learning disability, mental illness, physical illness and physical ill health and social support needs. HEE will work with regulatory bodies including the NMC to agree the standards and content for education and training, this is anticipated to be completed by April 2017.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Winterbourne View Concordat sets out that HEE will work in partnership with system partners, Skills for Care and Skills for Health to ensure the current and future workforce possess skills, competencies and knowledge to provide person centred care and support that is needs led and accessible for individuals with a learning disability, autism and behaviour that challenges. This work is on-going.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 15/07/2015 10:49:31 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

432806

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of student nurses had already studied for a degree before training as a nurse in each of the last five years; and what estimate he has made of the number of new student nurses who have studied for a degree likely to start training as a nurse in each of the next five years.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	18019
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>The information about the proportion of student nurses that had already studied for a degree before training as a nurse is not collected by the Department. Statistical information can be obtained from the Higher Education Statistics Agency.</p><br /><p /> <br /> <p>The Government does not have estimates of the number of student nurses who have studied for a degree and likely to start training. However we intend to make an exemption so that student nurses midwives and allied health professionals who already have a degree can access loans.</p><br /> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 01/12/2015 17:17:01 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

433517

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to amend the annual limit set on nurse educational places; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Mr Henry Bellingham
	uin	18279
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2015 answer text <p>From 2017 we are removing the limit on the number of students that can study nursing. This reform is expected to enable universities to provide up to 10,000 additional nursing and other health professional training places over this Parliament. This will open up opportunities for applicants which universities have previously been forced to turn down.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 09/12/2015 16:39:21 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham

432807

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate the Government has made of the number of training places for nurses required by the NHS in each of the next five years.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	18021
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>Health Education England (HEE) was established and has been mandated by the Government to provide national leadership on education, training and workforce development in the National Health Service. As one of the arm’s length bodies to help improve the quality of care delivered to patients, it ensures that the future workforce is available in the right numbers with the right skills, values and competencies to meet patient needs today and tomorrow.</p><br /><p>HEE operate an annual comprehensive planning process to ensure their investments meet the future needs of the population. This process determines the education commissioning volumes for the following financial year and are published in the Workforce Plan for England.</p><br /><p>The current workforce plan for England for 2015-16 published in December 2014 can be found at the following link:</p><br /><p><a href="http://hee.nhs.uk/work-programmes/workforce-planning/" target="_blank">http://hee.nhs.uk/work-programmes/workforce-planning/</a></p><br /><p>HEE will publish its next annual National Workforce Plan for England by the end of December 2015.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 01/12/2015 17:18:24 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

436780

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the total number of student nurses in England and Wales in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	19467
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2015 answer text <p>The following table shows the total number of student nurses in England, in training places as at 31 March in each year, for the period 2010/11 to 2014/15. The Department and Health Education England do not hold data for students undertaking their training in Wales.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nurses</p></td><td><p>53,101</p></td><td><p>51,824</p></td><td><p>52,914</p></td><td><p>48,484</p></td><td><p>50,139</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong></strong></p><p><em>Source: </em>multi professional education and training budget monitoring returns</p><p><strong></strong></p><p>In 2015 the National Health Service has seen record numbers of nurses and midwives in post. The latest data from the Health and Social Care Information Centre’s Hospital and Community Health Services monthly workforce statistics, which does not include nurses working in general practice, shows a total of 303,600 full time equivalent nurses and midwives, in post in England in August 2015.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 14/12/2015 17:11:06 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

438958

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the potential effect of replacing student bursaries with loans on the number of British students entering nursing courses in each of the next five years; and what assessment his Department has made of whether there will be a need to increase international recruitment to the NHS as a consequence of that change.
	tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
	tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
	uin	20342
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government assessment undertaken to date is that nursing is consistently one of the most popular courses on University Central Administration Service (fifth), with 57,000 applicants for around 20,000 nursing places in 2014. Midwifery and Allied Health Professional courses receive higher than average applications as well.</p><br /><p>A maximum £9,000 tuition fee for other subjects at higher education institutions was introduced in 2012. Between 2012 and 2014 the number of English domiciled applicants to enter full-time undergraduate courses in the United Kingdom increased by 7.5% (from 454,000 in 2012 to 487,870 in 2014).</p><br /><p>We estimate that the reforms will allow universities to be able to offer up to 10,000 more nursing, midwifery and allied health training over this parliament. Nursing is currently on the Home Office Shortage Occupation List (SOL) and we recognise the valuable contribution that international nurses have and will continue to make but the Government is committed to reducing the need for overseas nurses within this parliament, nursing will only stay on the SOL list for as long as they are needed.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 08/01/2016 15:40:27 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

417659

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of training a UK citizen as a nurse; and what assessment he has made of how this figure compares with the costs of recruiting nurses from overseas.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
	uin	9401
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>The Personal Social Services Research Unit at the University of Kent estimates that the average cost of training a nurse in 2013 was £78,604. This figure reflects the total cost of training and therefore includes costs funded through the public purse, including the NHS bursary, and by the student.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>National Health Service organisations are best placed to decide how many staff they employ and how best to recruit those staff to meet services tailored to the needs of their patients and local communities, to deliver safe care.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 11/09/2015 12:07:22 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias

432805

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of how long it would take on average for a nurse to pay off a student loan.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	18020
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>No estimate has been made as this will vary between individuals and is dependent upon a number of factors. Currently student loans are paid back over a maximum 30 year period and repayment is contingent on earnings. Graduates do not begin to pay back their loans until the April after they graduate, and then only 9% of their earnings over £21,000 per year.</p><br /><p>If their income drops below £21,000 for any reason (part-time working, career break) their repayments cease.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 01/12/2015 17:19:34 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

432808

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment the Government has made of the potential effect on student numbers of abolishing grants and maintenance allowances and introducing student loans and tuition fees for nurses' training places; and what assessment the Government has made of the effect on students from poorer backgrounds of abolishing grants and maintenance allowances and introducing student loans and tuition fees for such training places.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	18022
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government assessment undertaken to date is that nursing is consistently one of the most popular courses on the University Central Administration Service (fifth), with 57,000 applicants for around 20,000 nursing places in 2014. Midwifery and Allied Health Professional courses receive higher than average applications as well.</p><br /><p>A maximum £9,000 tuition fee for other subjects at higher education institutions was introduced in 2012. Between 2012 and 2014 the number of English domiciled applicants to enter full-time undergraduate courses in the United Kingdom increased by 7.5% (from 454,000 in 2012 to 487,870 in 2014). Figures for 2015 cycle will be released in mid-December and early indicators suggest that there will be further increase in 2015.</p><br /><p>Students from the most disadvantaged areas in England were 72% more likely to apply to higher education in 2015 than 2006.</p><br /> <br /><p><strong></strong></p><br /> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 01/12/2015 17:20:46 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds