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 undergraduates enrolled for a midwifery degree in each of the last 10 years.
Data published by the Office for Students in the Higher Education Students Early Statistics Survey (HESES) collates figures submitted by individual higher education providers to give an indication of the number of students studying in each academic year.
HESES data includes figures on undergraduate midwifery courses in England. The latest published data is for those starting courses in 2025. The following table shows the number of undergraduate starters on midwifery courses in England for 2016 to 2025:
Year | Starters |
2016 | 1,860 |
2017 | 2,150 |
2018 | 2,550 |
2019 | 2,930 |
2020 | 3,460 |
2021 | 3,565 |
2022 | 3,305 |
2023 | 3,255 |
2024 | 3,245 |
2025 | 3,340 |
Source: HESES 2018 to 2022.