{"value":{"id":1490664,"askingMemberId":4769,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2022-07-19T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2022-07-21T00:00:00","uin":"40003","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will take steps to extend the NHS Bursary to trainee doctors from low-income backgrounds to include the final two years of training to help ensure completion of their medical course.","answeringBodyId":17,"answeringBodyName":"Department of Health and Social Care","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4492,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2022-07-25T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>We have no specific plans to do so. From year five of an undergraduate course and from year two of a graduate-entry course, students can access the non-repayable NHS Bursary. This comprises payment for tuition fees a non-means-tested grant and a further means-tested award. Students from low-income backgrounds typically qualify for a larger means tested maintenance award. An additional hardship grant is available where they may be eligible to claim a sum between £100 and £3,000, depending on current financial circumstances.</p><p> </p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Doctors: Training","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1490664","method":"GET"}]}