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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

438960

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, if he will estimate the average length of time that it will take for student nurses to pay off the cost of loans accrued under the proposed loans system for nurses.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	20346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 1 December 2015 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&amp;max=20&amp;questiontype=AllQuestions&amp;house=commons%2clords&amp;uin=18020" target="_blank">18020</a>.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 08/01/2016 15:42:19 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

437165

registered interest
date	10/12/2015
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 assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of finance options available to student nurses; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	19564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>From 1 August 2017, new nursing, midwifery and allied health students will no longer receive NHS bursaries. Instead, they will have access to the same student loans system as other students.</p><br /><p>We intend that students studying nursing, midwifery and the allied health subjects as a second degree will also be able to get student loans.</p><br /><p>The change will only affect new students commencing their courses from 1 August 2017.</p><p>We plan to run a consultation in early 2016 to ask how we can successfully deliver the reforms.</p><br /><p>Under the loans system, students on nursing, midwifery and allied health courses will receive around a 25% increase in the financial support available to them for living costs. The precise change for individuals will be dependent on their circumstances – for example, where they study, the length of the course, income and residency.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 15/12/2015 15:17:35 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

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

433394

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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have considered training nurses in England according to the approach used for trainee paramedics who receive a salary for the work they do while studying for their degree, and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Lord MacKenzie of Culkein
uin	HL4112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2015 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to move to the system proposed. Under the current system student nurses are supernumerary in the workforce during their clinical placements. This was introduced in the 1990s following criticisms, led by the Royal College of Nursing, that the employment model used student nurses as a major part of the workforce which did not effectively contribute to their learning, education and development to become competent registered nurses.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 10/12/2015 13:53:05 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2507 label Biography information for Lord MacKenzie of Culkein

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

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

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

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

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