Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses commenced training in each of the last five years.
The following table shows the number of pre-registration nurses who commenced training each year since 2010. The 2015/16 actual data is not yet available; the figure given is for planned.
Nursing | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 |
Actual | 20,092 | 17,741 | 17,219 | 17,568 | 19,147 | 20,033 |
Source: multi professional education and training budget monitoring returns