Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many training places for diagnostic radiographers were (a) commissioned and (b) filled in each of the last five years.
The following table shows the total number of planned training places for student radiographers both diagnostic and therapeutic who began training in each year in England in each of the last five complete years.
The year period 2016/17 has planned training place numbers available only.
Year | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | |||||
Student Radiographer | Planned | Actual | Planned | Actual | Planned | Actual | Planned | Actual | Planned | Actual | Planned |
Diagnostic | 1,071 | 1,081 | 1,044 | 1,043 | 1,053 | 1,078 | 1,059 | 1,044 | 1,115 | 1,113 | 1,131 |
Therapeutic | 382 | 378 | 383 | 383 | 363 | 376 | 371 | 368 | 414 | 366 | 396 |
Source: multi professional education and training budget monitoring returns