Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many commissions for health visitor students there were for the academic year starting September 2016.
The number of commissions proposed for health visitor students in the academic year 2016/17 is 817 as detailed in Health Education England’s Workforce Plan for England 2016/17.
Data on the number of health visitor student places that have been filled in the academic year 2016/17 is not yet available.