Midwives

(asked on 20th June 2014) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many training places for student midwives were commissioned in each of the last three years for which figures are available.


Answered by
Dan Poulter Portrait
Dan Poulter
This question was answered on 30th June 2014

The following table provides the number of new midwifery training places for the period 2011-12 to 2013-14. The table includes students enrolled on the degree and 18 month diploma courses.

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

Total midwife commissions

2,484

2,578

2,540

Source: Multi professional education and training budget monitoring returns

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