Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the General Medical Council regarding the regulation of medical apprenticeships.

The Department has regular discussions with the General Medical Council (GMC) on a range of issues, including all aspects of the introduction of the medical degree apprenticeship. People who undertake and successfully complete the medical degree apprenticeship will receive the same medical degree as those who study through a full-time university medical degree route and will need to achieve the same outcome standards set by the GMC.