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Written question asked by James Clappison (Conservative) on Tuesday, 20 May 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 2 June 2008. It was answered by Bill Rammell (Labour) on Friday, 6 June 2008 on behalf of the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills.

Higher Education: Medicine

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what estimate he has made of the average total cost of medical education per student leading to qualification as a doctor for (a) a student on a conventional medical degree course and (b) a student on an extended medical degree programme (EMDP) in the last period for which figures are available; how many students participate in the EMDP and other widening participation programmes; how much the EMDP and other widening participation programmes have cost; and what plans he has for the future of such schemes.
Answer

Several medical schools run schemes to encourage applications from bright students from disadvantaged or non-traditional backgrounds, but data on admissions, costs and student outcomes for these schemes are not collected centrally.The following table shows the notional Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) teaching grant associated with assumed full-time undergraduate medical students (in all years) for 2008-09. The grant is referred to as ““notional grant”” because HEFCE does not separately identify funding for medical students in institutions' grants. The sector average rate of notional HEFCE grant per full-time student from the attached table is £11,191.

2008-09 student numbers and notional teaching grant for medicine
Institution 2008-09 full-time undergraduates 2008-09 notional grant
University of Birmingham 1,817 20,151,941
University of Bradford 135 747,012
University of Brighton 307 3,377,264
University of Bristol 1,117 12,377,504
University of Cambridge 1,189 11,395,404
University of Durham 190 1,054,607
University of East Anglia 689 7,483,567
University of Exeter 433 4,573,548
University of Hull 297 3,237,002
Imperial College 1,826 20,462,840
Keele University 533 5,409,641
King's College London 1,984 23,849,948
University of Leeds 1,155 12,722,607
University of Leicester 1,050 11,828,459
University of Liverpool 1,569 16,880,835
University of Manchester 1,880 21,517,913
University of Newcastle 1,507 17,318,101
University of Nottingham 1,420 15,964,768
University of Oxford 918 9,957,734
University of Plymouth 464 4,824,451
Queen Mary, University of London 1,468 17,758,252
St. George's Hospital Medical School 1,190 14,256,791
University of Sheffield 1,101 11,908,903
University of Southampton 1,046 11,650,383
University of Sussex 292 3,160,311
University College London 1,625 20,194,701
University of Warwick 623 7,428,530
University of York 320 3,476,738
Total 28,144 314,969,755
Notes:
1. The 2008-09 notional grant includes notional mainstream teaching grant and targeted allocations (excluding widening participation).
2. Institutions may also receive income for medical students through tuition fees and Department of Health sources. Medical students may also contribute towards other formulaic HEFCE allocations such as for capital grants.
3. Institutions receive a block grant from HEFCE and do not necessarily distribute funding in the same way it has been calculated.
4. The student numbers for clinical and pre-clinical medicine have been taken from institutions' 'Higher Education Students Early Statistics (HESES) Survey' for 2007-08 plus any additional student numbers for medicine for 2008-09.
5. The student numbers are for full-time undergraduates only and are fundable by HEFCE; part-time, postgraduate taught and non-fundable students are excluded.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
476 c1211-2W; 207712
Session
2007-08
Subjects
Higher education Medicine
Link
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