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Student Grants Unit

Answer

Table one shows the number of national health service bursary awards assessed in academic years 2004-05 and 2005-06 by type of course.

Table 1: NHS bursaries: awards assessed—academic years 2004-05 and 2005-06¹
Course name	2004-05	2005-06¹
Allied health profession foundation	55	71
Audiology	260	343
Chiropody	1,024	1,023
Dental hygiene	290	231
Dental hygiene and dental therapy	36	139
Dental surgery	569	494
Dental therapy	42	43
Dietetics	882	946
Health professional—unclassified	1,425	1,570
Medicine	7,066	6,651
Midwifery	3,739	3,879
Nursing degree	6,766	7,325
Nursing—diploma higher education	52,587	51,888
Occupational therapy	3,815	3,960
Operating department practitioner	877	1,113
Orthoptics	136	140
Physiotherapy	5,321	5,414
Prosthetics and orthotics	94	88
Radiography	2,733	2,919
Radiotherapy	216	195
Radiotherapy—radiation oncology	30	33
Speech and language therapy	1,638	1,714
Total	89,601	90,179
¹ Academic year to date (academic year 1 September—31 August).

The information is not available in the format requested. Table two shows the applications processed for new and continuing students undertaking degree and diploma courses, month by month for the academic year 2004-05 and 2005-06 with the exception of medical and dental courses where the information is only available for 2005-06.

Table 2
	Academic year 2004-05	Academic year 2005-06
	September	October	November	December	September	October	November	December
New diploma	7,088	9,437	10,475	10,475	2,729	6,429	9,799	10,941
Continuing diploma	33,937	35,795	36,120	36,120	35,525	35,642	35,950	36,367
New degree	8,561	11,834	13,495	13,495	1,035	4,251	6,684	10,580
Continuing degree	15,360	15,884	16,055	16,055	12,950	13,837	14,875	15,453
New medical	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	4529	—	—	—
Continuing medical	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	2569	—	—	—
¹ Not available

125 written complaints were received from 1 February 2005 to 31 December 2005 and nine in 2004.Table three shows how many applications were made to the NHS Student Grants Unit for dependants' allowances and how many applications were approved in the academic years 2004-05 and 2005-06.

Table 3: NHS Bursaries: applications for dependant's allowances—academic years 2004-05 and 2005-06¹
	2004-05	2005-06¹
Applications made	14,601	16,028
Applications approved	12,898	12,950
¹ Academic year to date (academic year 1 September—31 August). Source: NHS Business Services Authority

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

72315; 447 c724-6W

Session

2005-06

Subjects

NHS Student Grants Unit

Link

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