Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nursing training places were provided in each region in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and how many such places he expects to be provided in the current year.
The following table details the number of nurse training places available in each of the Health Education England local team areas in the 2014-15 and 2015-16 academic years.
Available nurse training places | ||
Local Team | 2014-15 | 2015-16 |
East of England | 1,783 | 2,015 |
East Midlands | 1,651 | 1,661 |
Kent, Surrey and Sussex | 1,126 | 1,209 |
North, Central and Eastern London | 1,191 | 1,280 |
North East | 1,105 | 1,089 |
North West | 3,256 | 3,322 |
North West London | 820 | 917 |
South London | 1,138 | 1,171 |
South West | 1,441 | 1,432 |
Thames Valley | 768 | 795 |
West Midlands | 2,157 | 2,342 |
Wessex | 941 | 1,011 |
Yorkshire and Humber | 2,010 | 2,059 |
Sum of local teams | 19,387 | 20,303 |
Source: Multi-professional education and training budget monitoring returns