Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many students he expects to begin (a) nursing and (b) midwifery degrees in each English university in (i) September 2017 and (ii) later entry periods for which figures are available.

The application cycle for student nurse intake in autumn 2017 is ongoing. Applicants can continue to apply until the end of June or can enter clearing following A Level results in August. The last publication from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) in March 2017 showed that there were 40,560 applicants for the 23,237 commissioned nursing and midwifery courses in England. UCAS will continue to release updated information about the number of offers made by universities and acceptances from candidates with the next update covering applications to the end of June.