§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many applications were received by the social work admissions system in each of the last five years. [84808]
§ Jacqui Smith[holding answer 3 December 2002]: The number of individual social worker applications received by the social work admissions system in each of the last five years were:
Year Number 1998 6,254 1999 5,175 2000 4,723 2001 4,703 2002 5,093 We also know that additional applications are likely to have been made direct to the course providers.