NHS Learning Support Fund
(asked on 14th September 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department spent on Parental Support from the NHS Learning Support Fund in each of the last five years; and how many people have (a) made a claim and (b) been eligible for support under that scheme in each of the last five years.
The following table shows for the years 2018/19 to 2022/23 the number of students who received an element of funding from the NHS Learning Support Fund, together with the number of students who received available childcare component and its corresponding expenditure:
Financial Year | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 |
Students who Received an Element of Funding | 14,067 | 26,382 | 110,923 | 130,213 | 133,658 |
Students in Receipt of Child Dependants Allowance (CDA) or Parental Support (PS) | 8,014 | 14,013 | 36,192 | 34,034 | 35,649 |
CDA and PS Expenditure (£) | 5,908,671 | 11,700,520 | 35,068,824 | 49,751,801 | 52,565,170 |
Source: NHS Business Services Authority