Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the level of student debt among nurses.

The Government is currently consulting on its proposed scheme for student finance. As part of that consultation a number of questions are asked about student support. The Government will respond to the consultation in due course.

It is for the respective Governments in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales to consider such issues for their health system.