Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of increased Nursing and Midwifery Council registration fees on the number of nurses and midwives in England.

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is an independent body. Accordingly the NMC is responsible for determining the level of the annual fee it charges for registration and for considering the impact of any proposed fee increase on nurses and midwives.