Midwives: Training

(asked on 8th January 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people graduated in midwifery in each of the last five years.


Answered by
Stephen Hammond Portrait
Stephen Hammond
This question was answered on 16th January 2019

The following table shows the number of midwives who graduated in each academic year, for the period from 2012/13 to 2016/17. Data for 2017/18 is not yet available.

Midwifery graduates in England from 2012/13 to 2016/17

Year of graduation

2012/13

2013/14

2014/15

2015/16

2016/17

Number of midwifery graduates

1,997

2,004

2,085

2,062

2,122

Source: Health Education England analysis of Higher Education Statistics Agency Student Record

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