Midwives: Training
(asked on 15th May 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many applications were received for midwifery courses at universities in each of the last 10 years.
This question was answered on 1st June 2026
The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) collects data on applicants to midwifery courses in England. The following table shows the number of applicants between 2019 and 2025:
Year | Applicants |
2019 | 8,140 |
2020 | 8,750 |
2021 | 11,040 |
2022 | 10,340 |
2023 | 8,465 |
2024 | 7,710 |
2025 | 7,750 |
Source: UCAS End of Cycle Data.
UCAS has not published applicant figures for midwifery courses in England for the period between 2016 and 2018.