§ Baroness FAITHFULLasked Her Majesty's Government:
- i. how many student nurses and how many pupil nurses started training in each year from 1970 to 1976 inclusive;
- ii. what is the projected intake from 1977 to 1980 inclusive;
- iii. how many schools of nursing are there in the United Kingdom; and
- iv. in how many was the intake in 1976 less than the intake in 1975.
§ Lord WELLS-PESTELL(i) The numbers of student and pupil nurses who started training were:—
a. in England and Wales Year ended 31st March Student Nurses Pupil Nurses 1970 15,726 11,868 1971 16,183 13,329 1972 20,492 16,008 1973 18,086 13,298 1974 17,819 11,985 1975 17,734 12,447 1976 17,880 12,109 Note: Because of a change in the method of recording statistics the figures for 1971 and 1972 should be read together to provide a general comparison with other years.
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b. in Scotland Year ended 31st December Student Nurses Pupil Nurses 1970 2,163 1,758 1971 2,565 2,076 1972 2,627 2,290 1973 2,302 2,149 1974 2,107 1,807 1975 2,495 2,071 1976 2,670 2,084
c. in Northern Ireland Period: Student Nurses Pupil Nurses Year ended 31st December 1970 943 412 1st January 1971–31st March 1971 258 187 Year ended 31st March 1972 1,019 472 Year ended 31st March 1973 937 599 Year ended 31st March 1974 953 579 Year ended 31st March 1975 932 542 Year ended 31st March 1976 949 601 Figures exclude student and pupil nurses who started training for a second or subsequent qualification.
(ii) Each health authority is responsible for determining the level of intake of student and pupil nurses to its schools and a projected intake from 1977 to 1980 is not readily available on a national basis.
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(iv) This information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.