Skip to main content

Written question asked by Mike Hancock (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 8 October 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 13 October 2008. It was answered by Ann Keen (Labour) on Monday, 20 October 2008 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Midwives: Training

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 26 June 2008, Official Report, column 483W, on midwives: training, whether the number of NHS midwifery training places commissioned for the 2007-08 academic year has been confirmed.
Answer

The confirmed number of national health service midwifery training places commissioned for the 2007-08 academic year is 2,071.The following table shows the number of NHS midwifery confirmed training places commissioned each year from 1996-97 to 2007-08.

1996-97 1999-2000 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
Degree 161 395 621 709 753 895 1,042 788 1,307
Diploma 498 620 525 724 716 744 517 648 412
Other 993 757 732 677 757 735 661 554 352
Total 1,652 1,772 1,878 2,110 2,226 2,374 2,220 1,990 2,071
Source:
Quarterly Monitoring Returns.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
481 c72W; 226316
Session
2007-08
Related items
Midwives: Training
Thursday, 26 June 2008
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Midwives Training
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk