Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many midwives have been in formal training in England in each six month period since 2010.
Information relating to the number of midwives in training has been collected annually by Health Education England since 2013. Prior to this, the information was collected from strategic health authorities.
The following table shows the total number of midwives in formal training in England in each financial year from 2010/11 to 2016/17.
2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 |
5,644 | 5,955 | 6,315 | 6,413 | 6,662 | 6,350 | 6,559 |
Source: From 2013/14 - Health Education England EdCom Analysis returns,
Pre 2013/14 Department of Health Financial Information Management System (FIMS)