NHS Learning Support Fund: Overseas Students
(asked on 5th September 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to expand the NHS Learning Support Fund to provide financial assistance to international students.
Answered by
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The Government has no plans to do so. All Government financial support schemes have eligibility criteria and to be eligible for the NHS Learning Support Fund, students must be eligible for tuition fees and maintenance support from the Student Loans Company.
The Government reviews the funding arrangements for all pre-registration National Health Service health professionals’ education to ensure that students are appropriately supported. This must ensure the appropriate use of financial resources to support students and deliver value for money.