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<p>Prior to 2017, the NHS Bursary was available to nursing, midwifery and allied health
professions students as well as medical and dental students. Nursing, midwifery and
allied health professions students starting courses after 2017 were transitioned on
to the Student Finance loans system and the NHS Learning Support Fund.</p><p>The following
table shows for the years 2018/19 to 2022/23 the number of students who received an
element of NHS Bursary, together with the number of students who received available
childcare components and their corresponding expenditure.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial
Year</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>2022/23*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number
of Students who Received an Element of Funding</p></td><td><p>67,748</p></td><td><p>43,470</p></td><td><p>20,147</p></td><td><p>17,289</p></td><td><p>18,076</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number
of Students in Receipt of Dependants Allowance</p></td><td><p>9,178</p></td><td><p>5,050</p></td><td><p>1,096</p></td><td><p>357</p></td><td><p>247</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dependants
Allowance Expenditure (£)</p></td><td><p>19,053,850</p></td><td><p>8,344,526</p></td><td><p>1,599,887</p></td><td><p>539,752</p></td><td><p>363,775</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number
of Students in Receipt of Parent Learning Allowance</p></td><td><p>9,141</p></td><td><p>5,033</p></td><td><p>1,077</p></td><td><p>332</p></td><td><p>179</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Parent
Learning Allowance Expenditure (£)</p></td><td><p>7,846,287</p></td><td><p>3,417,731</p></td><td><p>653,253</p></td><td><p>211,489</p></td><td><p>103,489</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number
of Students in Receipt of Childcare Allowance</p></td><td><p>5,031</p></td><td><p>2,557</p></td><td><p>576</p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p>83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Childcare
Allowance Expenditure (£)</p></td><td><p>16,659,222</p></td><td><p>7,028,750</p></td><td><p>1,313,955</p></td><td><p>399,834</p></td><td><p>238,972</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Source: NHS Business Services Authority</p><p>Note: The NHS Business Services
Authority moved to a new system in 2022/23. The student count is from two different
IT systems with no unique identifier, with potential for duplication in the count.
Financial values are unaffected.</p>
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