Written question asked by Andrew George (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 22 June 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 27 June 2007. It was answered by Baroness Winterton of Doncaster (Labour) on Thursday, 28 June 2007 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Midwives: Training

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many midwifery training places there were in each English region in academic year 2006-07.

Answer

[holding answer 27 June 2007]: This information is shown in the table.

Midwifery training commission figures by region 2006-07
Strategic health authorities	Degree	Diploma	18 month diploma
East of England	7	166	42
East Midlands	31	94	13
London	0	214	174
North East	60	0	24
North West	169	15	65
South Central	59	67	23
South East Coast	89	53	47
South West	99	24	15
West Midlands	171	0	57
Yorkshire and the Humber	103	15	94
Total	788	648	554
Source:
NMET Q4 training commission Figures

Secondary information