Question follow-through · 31143
NHS Learning Support Fund: Pharmacy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to extend eligibility for the NHS Learning Support Fund to include pharmacy students.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 12 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 24 Feb 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
12 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to extend eligibility for the NHS Learning Support Fund to include pharmacy students.
24 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Feb 2025
Answer published
There are no immediate plans to make changes to the NHS Learning Support Fund scheme design. The Government keeps the funding arrangements for all healthcare students under close review. At all times, the Government must strike a balance between the level...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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