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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2015-11-26more like thismore than 2015-11-26
answering body
Department of Health more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health more like this
answering dept sort name Health more like this
hansard heading Nurses: Training remove filter
house id 1 more like this
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pref label House of Commons more like this
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. more like this
tabling member constituency Wolverhampton North East more like this
tabling member printed
Emma Reynolds more like this
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is ministerial correction false remove filter
date of answer less than 2015-12-01more like thismore than 2015-12-01
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 /> more like this
answering member constituency Ipswich more like this
answering member printed Ben Gummer more like this
question first answered
less than 2015-12-01T17:20:46.003Zmore like thismore than 2015-12-01T17:20:46.003Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Ben Gummer more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Emma Reynolds more like this