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685535

registered interest
date	06/02/2017
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 steps he is taking to promote nursing degrees to take account of trends in the number of people applying for such degrees.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	63155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government is taking a range of steps to promote nurisng degrees and secure the healthcare workforce; by:</p><p> </p><p>- enabling universities to offer up to 10,000 extra training places on pre-registration healthcare programmes;</p><p>- offering students around 25% more upfront financial support while studying - for example, a single student on a three-year programme would receive approximately £2,000 more each year on a student loan compared to an National Health Service bursary;</p><p>- improving access to pre-registration undergraduate study for those from disadvantaged backgrounds; and</p><p>- giving students with an existing qualification the chance to get funding for a second degree.</p><p> </p><p>In November 2016, the government announced the New Nursing Degree apprenticeship, once established this will create up to 1,000 apprentice degree nurses in the NHS each year.</p><p> </p><p>It is expected to open up more opportunities to train as a nurse for those already working in the NHS or those for whom full-time university study is not a realistic option.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 09/02/2017 17:01:23 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

672267

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
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 how many nursing students were admitted to degree courses starting in (1) Autumn 2016, and (2) Autumn 2017; and what assessment they have made of the impact of the discontinuance of the NHS bursary scheme for nurses on those numbers.
tabling member printed	Lord Clark of Windermere
uin	HL4605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>For autumn 2015 admissions, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) end of cycle data for B7 Nursing in England shows 21,450 students accepted onto B7 Nursing courses in England.</p><p> </p><p>For autumn 2016 admissions, the UCAS end of cycle data for B7 Nursing in England shows 22,630 acceptances.</p><p> </p><p>The information for autumn 2017 admissions is not yet available.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 26/01/2017 14:25:13 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	525 label Biography information for Lord Clark of Windermere

658523

registered interest
date	14/12/2016
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, what discussions he has had with his cabinet colleagues on the effect of abolishing nursing bursaries on domestic student numbers.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	57614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2016 answer text <p>To introduce health education funding reforms effective from 1 August 2017 for new pre-registration nursing, midwifery and allied health students, the Department sought, and received, the required cross-government Home Affairs Cabinet Committee approval to its public consultation and draft equality and economic impact assessments published on 8 April 2016. It received subsequent approval for its government response and refreshed impact assessments, published 21 July 2016.</p><p> </p><p>From 1 August 2017, student nurse training will be funded through student loans enabling universities to increase training places significantly – offering up to 10,000 more nursing, midwifery and allied health training places over this parliament, so more applicants will have the chance to become a health professional.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 19/12/2016 16:32:57 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

657857

registered interest
date	13/12/2016
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, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the move from bursaries to student loans on the volume of applications for nursing courses at universities.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	57488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government’s Economic Impact Assessment found 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 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The Economic Impact Assessment also set out that 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).<sup>1</sup></p><p> </p><p>The Economic Impact Assessment can be found on the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/changing-how-healthcare-education-is-funded" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/changing-how-healthcare-education-is-funded</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to monitoring, in detail, data regarding application rates, diversity statistics and workforce supply following the implementation of the reforms.</p><p><sup>1 </sup>Based on data provided by UCAS to the RCN for “The Fragile Frontline” (2015) - http://royalnursing.3cdn.net/9808b89b8bfd137533_krm6b9wz7.pdf</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 16/12/2016 14:10:41 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

657860

registered interest
date	13/12/2016
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, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the move from bursaries to student loans for nursing courses on the volume of applications for such courses made by mature students.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	57489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2016 answer text <p>A preliminary Equality Analysis was published alongside the public consultation document on the 7 April 2016. The Government published a consultation response and revised Equality Analysis on the 21 July 2016. These documents provide the assessment of the potential effect of the replacement of National Health Service bursaries by student loans for all the protected characteristics of the Public Sector Equality Duty (Section 149 of the Equality Act 2010).</p><p> </p><p>The Equality Analysis can be found on the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/changing-how-healthcare-education-is-funded" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/changing-how-healthcare-education-is-funded</a></p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to monitoring, in detail, data regarding application rates, diversity statistics and workforce supply following the implementation of the reforms.</p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 16/12/2016 14:01:24 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

654245

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many (1) apprenticeship nurses, and (2) post-graduate qualified nurses, are expected to complete training before the end of this Parliament.
tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
uin	HL3910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2016 answer text <p>The employer-led Nursing Degree Apprentice Trailblazer Group estimate there will be 1,000 Nursing Degree Apprentices in training every year. Apprentices are employed and actual numbers will depend on how many employers want to train through the apprenticeship route. The Nursing Degree Apprenticeship will typically take four years to complete.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Information on the number of post-graduate qualified nurses expected to complete training before the end of this Parliament is not yet held.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 16/12/2016 13:20:13 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon

652975

registered interest
date	06/12/2016
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 22 November (HL Deb, col 1833), whether an independent assessment of recruitment levels will be carried out in January 2017 once the rate of applications has been calculated.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wheeler
uin	HL3865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2016 answer text <p>For courses beginning on 1 August 2017, the main deadline for the majority of full-time undergraduate courses through the University and Colleges’ Admissions Service (UCAS) is 15 January 2017. However, universities can accept applications up until August 2017, and applicants can also apply directly for some part-time and postgraduate courses at specific higher education institutions.</p><p> </p><p>The Department of Health intends to work with ‎the Department for Education, UCAS and other healthcare education bodies to determine the most appropriate point and method following 15 January 2017, to assess available information on applications for pre-registration nursing, midwifery and allied health profession courses.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 19/12/2016 14:53:14 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4157 label Biography information for Baroness Wheeler

652976

registered interest
date	06/12/2016
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have reassessed their plans to replace bursaries with loans for all nursing students in the light of the potential impact of the decision to withdraw from the UK on the recruitment and retention within the NHS of qualified nurses from other EU member states.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wheeler
uin	HL3866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government has not reassessed plans to replace bursaries with loans to take into account the decision to withdraw from the European Union (EU).</p><p>The Department of Health is working with the Department for Exiting the European Union 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.</p><p>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.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 16/12/2016 13:15:08 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4157 label Biography information for Baroness Wheeler

648764

registered interest
date	30/11/2016
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, what estimate he has made of the number of nursing students who will apply for student finance for courses starting in January 2017.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	55637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2016 answer text <p>Under the existing NHS Bursary scheme which eligible pre-registration healthcare students can access for courses that start before 1 August 2017, the NHS Business Services Authority estimate the number of nursing students applying for funding for courses starting in January 2017 will be in the range of 1,300 to 1,350.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 05/12/2016 15:37:16 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

642881

registered interest
date	23/11/2016
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answers by Lord Prior of Brampton on 22 November (HL Deb, cols 1831–2), how many of the additional 40,000 nurses will be employed by agencies.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jowell
uin	HL3483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>As set out by Health Education England in its <em>Workforce Plan for England: Proposed Education and Training Commissions for 2016/2017</em>, an increase in available supply of between 3,000 and 40,000 nurses (adult, children’s, mental health and learning disability nurses) is forecast by 2020 compared with 2015. A copy of the Plan is attached.</p><p> </p><p>No estimate has been made of how many of these nurses will choose to be employed by agencies. However the Government’s agency controls are already moving staff back to substantive and bank roles.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 06/12/2016 15:27:41 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name HEE Workforce Plan for England 2016 180516_0.pdf title HEE Workforce Plan For England
tabling member	159 label Biography information for Baroness Jowell