Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many midwifery graduates there were in England in each of the last two years.
The following table shows the number of midwives who graduated in England in each academic year, for the period from 2015-16 to 2016-17. Data for 2017-18 is not yet available.
Academic year | 2015-16 | 2016-17 |
Midwifery graduates | 2,062 | 2,122 |
Source: Health Education England analysis of Higher Education Statistics Agency Student Record