Mark has asked Education Ministers if they will provide additional support to universities seeking to increase the number of places for students who want to study medicine.

In response, Minister of State for Higher and Further Education, Michelle Donelan said:

"The Goverment funded an expansion of medical school places by 1,500 between 2017 and 2020, and student numbers were temporarily increased further by 616 in 2020 and 742 in 2021.  There are no plans to increase the number of publicly funded medical school places beyond this, but we continue to keep this under review."