HC Deb 28 April 1994 vol 242 cc297-8W
Ms Janet Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the numbers of entrants to initial pre-registration nursing education by course of study and by the academic qualifications possessed by entrants in each year since 1989.

Mr. Ancram

The information is as follows:

Number of students who commenced training
Part of register 1988–89 1989–90
Part 1 (general nursing) 708 671
Part 3 (medical health nursing) 186 176
Part 5 (mental handicap nursing) 58 54
Part 8 (children's nursing) 10 18
Part 1-degree 20 22
Part 1-part 8 56 46
Total 1,038 987

Part of register Number of students who commenced training
1990–91 1991–92 1992–93
Part 1 (General Nursing) 409 180 150
Part 1/Degree 27 32
Part 3 (Mental Health Nursing) 94 61 27
Part 5 (Mental Handicap Nursing) 12 34 22
Part 8 (Children's Nursing) 23 12
Part 12 (Adult Nursing—P2000) 217 429 461
Part 13 (Mental Health Nursing: P2000) 36 94 79
Part 14 (Mental Handicap Nursing: P2000) 18 43 34
Part 15 (Children's Nursing: P2000) 16 30 49
Part 12/Degree 32
Total 852 915 854

It is not possible without undertaking a detailed manual exercise to provide details of the academic qualifications possessed by entrants in each year. However, the minimum entry requirements are five GCSE or GCE O-level grades or equivalent.

Mr. Ancram

Details of the number of whole-time equivalent nursing and midwifery staff are as follows: