Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 96447

Resident Doctors: Training

Tabled: 2 December 2025
Answered: 5 January 2026

Question

Dr Peter Prinsley

LabourBury St Edmunds and Stowmarket

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average annual study budget available for resident doctors in England who are undertaking training or professional development is.

Answer

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 Scotl...

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