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Resident Doctors: Scotland and Wales

Asked by Dr Peter PrinsleyLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 5 January 2026UIN 96446

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government holds data on the average resident doctor study budget in England compared with that available in (a) Scotland and (b) Wales.

Answered by Karin Smyth

For the 2025/26 financial year, the total study budget allocated for doctors and dentists in postgraduate training in England is £54.5 million. The levels of spend by individual trainees are not collected centrally.

We do not hold comparable data for Scotland and Wales.

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