Social Work: Training
(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 the Childcare Allowance and Parents’ Learning Allowance of the Social Work Bursary 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.
Suggested reply
The following table shows the breakdown of funding offered to parents across the Social Work Bursary scheme:
Financial Year | Number of students in receipt of Parent Learning Allowance | Parent Learning Allowance Expenditure (£) | Number of students in receipt of Childcare Allowance | Childcare Allowance Expenditure (£) |
2018/19 | 1,239 | 1,236,341 | 567 | 2,114,319 |
2019/20 | 1,256* | 1,211,047 | 630* | 2,124,705 |
2020/21 | 1,175 | 1,183,842 | 573 | 2,252,088 |
2021/22 | 1,083 | 1,061,297 | 458 | 1,941,897 |
2022/23 | 958 | 911,748 | 389 | 1,484,316 |
Source: NHS Business Services Authority (NHS BSA)
Note: NHS BSA cannot give a count of applications that were deemed ineligible for the parent learning allowance or childcare allowance, as they do not directly record this in their systems. The information for the 2019/20 financial year contains data from two different IT systems with no unique identifiers, so there is a possibility of duplication in the count of students funded.