Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of veterinary surgeons being trained in the UK in each of the last three years.

For 2014-2015 there were 5016 veterinary students attending a veterinary degree course at the 7 approved UK veterinary schools, in 2015-16 there were 5053 and for 2016-2017 there were 5185. (Source Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons)