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date	06/09/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Medicine: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to increase the number of places on medical courses available to undergraduates.
tabling member constituency	North East Hertfordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Oliver Heald
uin	903336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>The government is committed to ensuring that the number and distribution of medical school places are in line with England’s workforce requirements and continues to monitor the effectiveness of current arrangements.</p><p>Applications for medicine and dentistry made by the June deadline increased by over 20,000 this year compared to last year for all domiciles. We have increased the medical and dentistry caps so that providers can take on more students and we have run a brokerage scheme to help move over 80 students at oversubscribed providers into unfilled places.</p><p>In addition, we are providing up to £10m in grant funding for providers to take on more students in high-cost subjects, such as medicine, dentistry, nursing and other lab-based courses.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 06/09/2021 15:28:48 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald

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date	17/01/2018
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Caribbean: Disaster Relief
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps she is taking to support post-hurricane relief in the Caribbean.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	Sir Henry Bellingham
uin	903336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>The UK provided significant support to the countries affected by Hurricanes Irma and Maria. More than 800 tonnes of aid was delivered, including food and water. The Prime Minister has further reaffirmed the UK’s intention to stand by Overseas Territories and Commonwealth Caribbean partners on the challenging road to recovery.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 17/01/2018 14:02:43 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham