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753942

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with (1) the Royal College of Nursing, (2) the Royal College of Midwives, and (3) UNISON, as a consequence of the fall since 2016 reported by UCAS in the number of applications to universities to study for nursing degrees.
	tabling member printed	Lord MacKenzie of Culkein
	uin	HL1089
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2017 answer text <p>Ministers routinely meet nursing leaders and discuss a range of issues, including recruitment and retention of nurses and midwives.</p><p> </p><p>The Government remains committed to reforming nursing, midwifery and allied health pre-registration education and increasing the number of places available for students so that two in three nursing applicants are no longer turned down for a place; at the same time ensuring these students have more money available to them while they study.</p><p> </p><p>Health Education England is confident that the National Health Service will have the required number of students it needs starting courses this year and will continue to work with the education sector to deliver these reforms successfully for the longer term.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL1090 question first answered 31/07/2017 14:34:31 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	2507 label Biography information for Lord MacKenzie of Culkein

753944

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made to date in implementing their plan to provide 10,000 additional nursing student places by 2020; and how much additional funding has been provided to universities as part of this plan.
	tabling member printed	Lord MacKenzie of Culkein
	uin	HL1090
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2017 answer text <p>Ministers routinely meet nursing leaders and discuss a range of issues, including recruitment and retention of nurses and midwives.</p><p> </p><p>The Government remains committed to reforming nursing, midwifery and allied health pre-registration education and increasing the number of places available for students so that two in three nursing applicants are no longer turned down for a place; at the same time ensuring these students have more money available to them while they study.</p><p> </p><p>Health Education England is confident that the National Health Service will have the required number of students it needs starting courses this year and will continue to work with the education sector to deliver these reforms successfully for the longer term.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy grouped question UIN HL1089 question first answered 31/07/2017 14:34:31 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	2507 label Biography information for Lord MacKenzie of Culkein

789917

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many UK-domiciled students commenced undergraduate nursing degree courses in UK higher education institutions in each of the years 2010–11 to 2016–17.
	tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
	uin	HL3301
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Authority (HESA) collects data on students enrolled and qualifying from courses at UK Higher Education Institutions, including information on subject of study.</p><p> </p><p>The following table contains the numbers of full person equivalent entrants to undergraduate (first degree and other undergraduate) courses in nursing, as defined by the Joint Academic Coding System (JACS). More information on JACS codes can be found at <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/jacs/jacs3-principal" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/jacs/jacs3-principal</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>UK domiciled entrants to undergraduate nursing courses by level of study</strong></p><p><strong>UK Higher Education Institutions </strong></p><p><strong>Academic Years 2010/11 to 2015/16</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>First degree entrants</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Other undergraduate entrants</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total entrants</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>21,605</p></td><td><p>53,635</p></td><td><p>75,240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>28,590</p></td><td><p>44,425</p></td><td><p>73,020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>29,060</p></td><td><p>33,165</p></td><td><p>62,230</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>30,210</p></td><td><p>33,165</p></td><td><p>63,380</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>31,785</p></td><td><p>32,965</p></td><td><p>64,750</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>32,245</p></td><td><p>32,285</p></td><td><p>64,530</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: Department for Education analysis of the HESA student record</em></p><p><em>Counts rounded to the nearest 5 so may not sum exactly to totals</em></p><p>Information for 2016/17 will become available in January 2018.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 23/11/2017 12:25:48 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

1472307

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many applications for nursing courses were (1) received, (2) accepted, and (3) refused, places in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, and (c) 2021, at universities in England.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lilley
	uin	HL1156
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of applications made to a nursing course and subsequent acceptances in England in 2019, 2020 and 2021. Data on the number of applications refused is not held centrally.</p><p>2019 2020 2021</p><p>Applications 128,810 145,925 181,645</p><p>Acceptances 23,630 29,740 30,185</p><p> </p><p>Source: Universities and Colleges Admissions Service undergraduate sector-level end of cycle data resources 2021.</p><p> </p><p>Note:</p><p>An applicant can make up to five separate course applications. Only one place can be accepted.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 05/07/2022 11:49:44 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
	tabling member	68 label Biography information for Lord Lilley

789918

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many places at UK higher education institutions were commissioned for graduate nursing studies in each of the years 2010–11 to 2016–17.
	tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
	uin	HL3302
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>The information held by the Department does not separately identify the number of postgraduate trainees on pre-registration nursing courses and includes only the numbers for England.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the total number of nurse training places that were commissioned in England in each academic year, for the period 2010-11 to 2016-17. These figures include both undergraduates and postgraduates on pre-registration nurse training courses.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Course</p></td><td><p>Nurse total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>20,138</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>17,903</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>17,442</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>18,056</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>19,206</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>20,153</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>20,680</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><em>Source:</em> Health Education England since 2013.</p><p>Financial Information Management System prior to 2013</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 29/11/2017 15:25:21 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

1140482

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many student nurses there have been in England in each year since 2004.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McDonagh
	uin	HL17315
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>NHS Digital publishes Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) workforce statistics for England. These include staff working in hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), but not staff working in primary care, local authorities or other providers.</p><p>The following table shows the number of nurses and health visitors and midwives who work in National Health Service trusts and CCGs in England, as at September each year since 2004 and March 2019 (latest available data), full time equivalent. Nurses and health visitors are recorded together so we are unable to provide data solely for nurses.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Nurses and health visitors in NHS Trusts and CCGs</p></td><td><p>Midwives in NHS Trusts and CCGS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2004</p></td><td><p>268,704</p></td><td><p>18,137</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2005</p></td><td><p>276,086</p></td><td><p>18,326</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2006</p></td><td><p>277,387</p></td><td><p>18,380</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2007</p></td><td><p>275,211</p></td><td><p>18,751</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2008</p></td><td><p>281,021</p></td><td><p>18,896</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2009</p></td><td><p>278,470</p></td><td><p>18,959</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2010</p></td><td><p>279,883</p></td><td><p>19,487</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2011</p></td><td><p>277,047</p></td><td><p>19,878</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2012</p></td><td><p>271,407</p></td><td><p>20,214</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2013</p></td><td><p>274,627</p></td><td><p>20,537</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2014</p></td><td><p>278,981</p></td><td><p>20,838</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2015</p></td><td><p>281,474</p></td><td><p>20,934</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2016</p></td><td><p>284,288</p></td><td><p>21,038</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2017</p></td><td><p>283,853</p></td><td><p>21,206</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2018</p></td><td><p>285,674</p></td><td><p>21,323</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2019</p></td><td><p>290,010</p></td><td><p>21,870</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Sources: Non-Medical Workforce Census, NHS Digital workforce statistics </em></p><p>The following table shows the number of nursing students commissioned by the Department/Health Education England (HEE) in each year since 2004 and the number of acceptances to nursing degree courses via the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS). Following student finance reform, students starting courses after August 2017 were no longer directly commissioned by HEE.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Nursing students commissioned by the Department/HEE</p></td><td><p>Number of acceptances to nursing degree courses via UCAS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004/05</p></td><td><p>22,933</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/06</p></td><td><p>20,183</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>20,917</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>19,147</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>20,323</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>20,366</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>19,908</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>17,633</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>17,115</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>17,568</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>19,147</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>19,951</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>20,888</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>19,515</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>19,035</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Sources: HEE-Education Commissioning Dataset, UCAS end of cycle data 2018</em></p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford grouped question UIN HL17314 HL17316 question first answered 25/07/2019 16:45:56 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
	tabling member	3701 label Biography information for Baroness McDonagh

772408

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many students entered university nursing courses in each academic year since 2010, including those who started in the current academic year 2017–18.
	tabling member printed	Lord Clark of Windermere
	uin	HL2101
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes statistics on students enrolled at UK Higher Education Institutions (HEI). Latest statistics refer to the academic year 2015/16 and can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/12-01-2017/sfr242-student-enrolments-and-qualifications" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/news/12-01-2017/sfr242-student-enrolments-and-qualifications</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Information on entrants to nursing courses since 2009/10 are provided in the below table. Statistics for the 2016/17 and 2017/18 academic years will be published in January 2018 and 2019 respectively.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>All Entrants to Nursing Courses at UK HEIs - Department for Education (DfE) Analysis of the HESA student record</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Academic Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Entrants </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>97,420</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>88,010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>86,140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>75,385</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>78,480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>81,480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>83,610</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: DfE Analysis of the HESA student record</p><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Figures include entrants on all levels and all modes of study.</li><li>Counts are on the basis of full-person equivalents (FPE). Where a student is studying more than one subject, they are apportioned between the subjects that make up their course.</li><li>Includes FPE students with course aims in the Joint Academic Coding system (JACS3) category of (B7) Nursing which is part of the subject area ‘Subjects allied to medicine’. More information is available here: <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/jacs/jacs3-principal" target="_blank"><em>https://www.hesa.ac.uk/support/documentation/jacs/jacs3-principal</em></a><em>.</em></li><li>Figures rounded to the nearest 5.</li></ol> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 31/10/2017 16:14:10 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	525 label Biography information for Lord Clark of Windermere

988452

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to ensure access by nurses to continuing professional development.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jolly
	uin	HL10651
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department recognises the importance of supporting employers in their responsibility for the development of the current workforce, which includes making available opportunities for nurses to meet the continuing professional development standards of the Nursing and Midwifery Council.</p><p>Building on the recommendations made by the Health and Social Care Select Committee in its Nursing Workforce Inquiry, the Department is working with Health Education England, NHS Improvement and NHS England to consider the approach to and funding of continuing professional development.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 29/10/2018 16:01:12 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
	tabling member	4203 label Biography information for Baroness Jolly

769263

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what additional resource is being allocated to Health Education England for higher education institutions to cover the placement training costs for additional nursing degree students in (1) 2017–18, and (2) 2018–19.
	tabling member printed	Lord Willis of Knaresborough
	uin	HL1997
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>On 1 August 2017, the Government announced additional funding to support clinical placements required in 2017-18 as a result of the increase in training places. Health Education England confirmed that funding will be made available for up to 1,500 additional clinical placements in England for nursing, midwifery and allied health pre-registration degree courses from the 2017-18 academic year.</p><p> </p><p>In order to meet the growing need for more registered nurses in the future, on 3 October 2017, my Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced a further increase in the number of available clinical placements for undergraduate nurse degrees. This would result in an increase of over 5,000 nurse training places available each year from 2018-19, an increase of 25% from 20,680 available in 2016-17 to 25,850 in 2018-19.</p><p> </p><p>The payments for these placements will be made in line with the tariff prices in the education and training tariff guidance document, published annually by the Department.</p><p> </p><p>A copy of 2017-18 Education &amp; Training placement tariffs is attached.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 24/10/2017 15:00:31 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy attachment 1 file name 2017-18_ET_tariff_guidance_FINAL_July_v2.pdf title Education and training tariffs
	tabling member	4151 label Biography information for Lord Willis of Knaresborough

971871

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Nurses: Training
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect of the withdrawal of the nursing bursary on the number of applications for nursing degree courses in England.
	tabling member printed	Lord Allen of Kensington
	uin	HL10236
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2018 answer text <p>The department is working with relevant bodies across health and education to monitor the effects of the healthcare funding reforms, including the impact on application numbers.</p><p> </p><p>There is still strong demand for nursing courses. While the latest UCAS figures for 31 August 2018 show that English acceptances to nursing courses have fallen by 3.7% compared to the previous year, there are still more applicants than places available for them.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Health and Social Care is working with Health Education England and the university sector to ensure students continue to apply for courses up to the end of clearing in October 2018 and in future years.</p><p> </p><p>We have also opened new work-based learning routes into the nursing profession for those who may not be able to study full-time.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 24/09/2018 13:00:40 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	4304 label Biography information for Lord Allen of Kensington