Written question asked by Mike Hancock (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 28 January 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 30 January 2008. It was answered by Ann Keen (Labour) on Wednesday, 23 April 2008 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Midwifery Students

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills (1) how many midwifery students there were in each year since 1997;

Answer

I have been asked to reply.The number of students entering training to become a midwife is shown in the following table.

National health service midwifery training places commissioned each year
	1996-7	1999-2000	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08¹
Degree	161	395	621	709	753	895	1,042	788	1,059
Diploma	498	620	525	724	716	744	517	648	651
Other	993	757	732	677	757	735	661	554	398
Total	1,562	1,772	1,878	2,110	2,226	2,374	2,220	1,990	2,100
¹ Actual figure will not be confirmed until May 2008 Source: Quarterly monitoring returns.

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