HC Deb 17 September 2004 vol 424 cc1990-1W
Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many pre-registration training places there were for nurses and midwives in England in each year since 1980 for which figures are available. [187878]

Mr. Hutton

Information on the number of preregistration training places for nurses and midwives in each year since 1992–2003, the first available year, is shown in the table.

Pre-registration nursing and midwifery training commissions
1992–93 16,338
1993–94 14,197
1994–95 12,480
1995–96 13,381
1996–97 14,984
1997–98 16,539
1998–99 17,689
1999–2000 18,707
2000–01 20,021
2001–02 21,770
2002–03 22,956
2003–04 24,284