§ Mr. BurstowTo 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. HuttonInformation 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