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Written question asked by Mike Hancock (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 23 October 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 27 October 2008. It was answered by Ann Keen (Labour) on Monday, 10 November 2008 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 each academic year since 1997-98.
Answer

The number of midwifery training places in each English region for the academic years 2003-04 to 2007-08 is shown in the following table.

Midwifery training places by Strategic Health Authority in England for 2003-04 to 2007-08
North East SHA North West SHA Yorkshire and the Humber SHA East Midlands SHA West Midlands SHA East of England SHA London SHA South East Coast SHA South Central SHA South West SHA England Total
2004-04 Degree 49 107 87 43 159 36 108 63 46 55 753
Diploma 0 88 37 94 0 128 179 64 61 65 716
18 month diploma 28 86 90 23 56 86 224 69 60 35 757
Total 77 281 214 160 215 250 511 196 167 155 2,226
2004-05 Degree 51 112 87 36 188 61 147 75 55 83 895
Diploma 104 37 116 0 124 197 59 65 42 744
18 month diploma 27 75 88 12 65 75 259 50 51 33 735
Total 78 291 212 164 253 260 603 184 171 158 2,374
2005-06 Degree 58 167 97 34 170 69 76 71 32 117 891
Diploma 48 18 74 0 106 95 8 28 20 397
18 month diploma 26 69 88 22 44 54 141 29 30 28 531
Total 84 284 203 130 214 229 312 108 90 165 1,819
2006-07 Degree 60 169 103 31 171 7 195 89 59 99 983
Diploma 0 15 15 94 0 166 106 53 67 24 540
18 month diploma 24 65 94 13 57 42 87 47 23 15 467
Total 84 249 212 138 228 215 388 189 149 138 1,990
2007-08 Degree 65 213 162 31 194 204 115 90 114 119 1,307
Diploma 0 0 23 102 0 29 149 61 28 20 412
18 month diploma 20 34 0 14 39 0 168 49 28 0 352
Total 85 247 185 147 233 233 432 200 170 139 2,071

As the regions were organised differently and had different boundaries prior to 2003-04, it is not possible to map the information accurately to give the regional numbers. The national number of midwifery training places for England is shown in the following table for the academic year 1996-97 onwards.

Training numbers of midwives for England
1996- 97 1999 - 2000 2001- 02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
Degree 161 395 621 709 753 895 891 788 1,307
Diploma 498 620 525 724 716 744 397 648 412
Other 993 757 732 677 757 735 531 554 352
Total 1,652 1,772 1,878 2,110 2,226 2,374 1,819 1,990 2,071
Source:
Quarterly Monitoring Returns.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
482 c834-6W; 231286
Session
2007-08
Subjects
Midwives Training
Link
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