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Written question asked by Philip Davies (Conservative) on Friday, 3 September 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 7 September 2010. It was answered by Anne Milton (Conservative) on Tuesday, 14 September 2010 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Midwives: Manpower

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many places for student midwives there were in each region in the (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10 academic year.
Answer

This information is not available by academic year. The number of midwifery commissions placed by each strategic health authority in the last two financial years is shown in the following table.

Number of Midwifery training commissions in 2008-09 and 2009-10
National health service
North East North West Yorkshire and the Humber East Midlands West Midlands East of England London South East Coast South Central South West England Total
2008-09:
Degree 66 218 176 142 226 228 454 144 142 148 1,944
18 Month diploma 20 39 35 15 69 43 0 59 31 12 328
Total 86 257 211 157 295 276 454 203 173 160 2,272
2009-10:
Degree 67 228 242 146 277 235 335 125 178 144 1,977
18 Month diploma 25 35 27 33 53 54 176 53 25 24 505
Total 92 263 269 179 330 289 511 178 203 168 2,482

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
13953; 515 c1010-2W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Staff Midwives
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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