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.
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