Written question asked by Chris McCafferty (Labour) on Wednesday, 23 February 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 1 March 2005. It was answered by Lord Hutton of Furness (Labour) on Tuesday, 1 March 2005 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many student midwives dropped out of training in (a) 2002-03 and (b) 2003-04. - Inc fact that information is not available.

Answer: Chris McCafferty: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many student midwives dropped out of training in (a) 2002-03 and (b) 2003-04. [218739] Mr. Hutton: Information for England on the percentage of pre-registration midwifery students who have left their university course in 2002-03 and 2003-04 is not available. The attrition data for these academic years administered by the Higher Education Statistics Agency are in the process of being analysed.

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