Support for Students

Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language – in the Senedd at 2:18 pm on 21 September 2022.

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Photo of Mark Isherwood Mark Isherwood Conservative 2:18, 21 September 2022

I think the same constituent possibly contacted me, although I think they named us individually rather than collectively on this occasion. They explained that because their household income was just over the eligibility threshold for an income-assessed NHS bursary, their son wasn't eligible. He was already short £317 before taking into account food, laundry and travel expenses. They pointed out that their other son, who was not studying for a nursing course but a general alternative course, would be £3,000 a year better off on the funding he currently receives through the system currently in place. So, how would you address the constituent's closing question to, I think, both of us: what could be done to amend the inequitable treatment of nursing students who are starting their studies this term?