Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many training commissions for mental health nursing there have been in each year since 2007.
The information requested is in the table below:
| Available Commissions | Actual places filled |
2006/07 | 4,090 | 3,728 |
2007/08 | 3,696 | 3,442 |
2008/09 | 3,769 | 3,497 |
2009/10 | 3,755 | 3,543 |
2010/11 | 3,398 | 3,547 |
2011/12 | 3,265 | 3,149 |
2012/13 | 3,132 | 3,025 |
2013/14 | 2,908 | 3,079 |
2014/15 | 3,143 | 3,101 |
2015/16 | 3,243 | 3,321 |
2016/17 | 3,343 | Not yet available |
As at 31 March 2017, there were 8,430 students enrolled on mental health nurse training courses.
Sources:
- Pre 2013/14 – Strategic health authority multi professional education and training budget monitoring returns.
- Post 2013/14 – Health Education England workforce statistics on non–medical education commissions.