§ Lord Alderdiceasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether special support will be given to medical students studying for an additional intercalated year in order to achieve a science degree.
§ The Minister of State, Department of Health (Baroness Jay of Paddington)Where medical and dental students take an intercalated degree, it will be counted as part of their overall course. As the Government announced on 23 September, the Department of Health will pay the students' contribution towards tuition fees and provide means-tested National Health Service bursaries for those students who are eligible from year five of their course onwards.