Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many applications for nursing courses were (1) received, (2) accepted, and (3) refused, places in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, and (c) 2021, at universities in England.

The following table shows the number of applications made to a nursing course and subsequent acceptances in England in 2019, 2020 and 2021. Data on the number of applications refused is not held centrally.

2019 2020 2021

Applications 128,810 145,925 181,645

Acceptances 23,630 29,740 30,185

Source: Universities and Colleges Admissions Service undergraduate sector-level end of cycle data resources 2021.

Note:

An applicant can make up to five separate course applications. Only one place can be accepted.