Written question asked by Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 6 September 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 4 October 2004. It was answered by Lord Hutton of Furness (Labour) on Monday, 4 October 2004 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many pre-registration training places there were for nurses and midwives in England in each year since 1980 for which figures are available. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many pre-registration training places there were for nurses and midwives in England in each year since 1980 for which figures are available. [187878] Mr. Hutton: Information on the number of pre- registration training places for nurses and midwives in each year since 1992-2003, the first available year, is shown in the table. Pre-registration nursing and midwifery training commissions _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1992-93 16,338 1993-94 14,197 1994-95 12,480 1995-96 13,381 1996-97 14,984 1997-98 16,539 1998-99 17,689 1999-2000 18,707 2000-01 20,021 2001-02 21,770 2002-03 22,956 2003-04 24,284 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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