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964069

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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	Midwives: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many training places for midwifery were (a) commissioned and (b) filled in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	169176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>Health Education England (HEE) made 2,605 midwifery training places available in England in the 2016-17 academic year, with 2,602 of these places filled. The reforms for healthcare education funding from August 2017 mean students have moved onto the student loans system for 2017-18; giving universities the flexibility to provide additional places, based on local need and National Health Service clinical capacity. Health Education England will continue to fund the required number of clinical placements to meet the longer-term NHS workforce needs. Based on the latest un-validated data HEE expect 2,692 training places to be filled in England in 2017-18.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed to increasing the number of available midwifery training places in England by more than 3,000 over a four year period from 2019. The increase in available places will start in the 2019 academic year, with an additional 650 training places with increases of 1,000 in the subsequent years.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 11/09/2018 11:03:21 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

964070

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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	Midwives: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total number of midwives in training was in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	169177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The total numbers of midwives in training in England as at 31 March 2017 was 6,559. Data on the number of midwives in training in 2018 is not yet available.</p><p>The Government has committed to increasing the number of available midwifery training places in England by more than 3,000 over a four year period from 2019. The increase in available places will start in the 2019 academic year, with an additional 650 training places with increases of 1,000 in the subsequent years.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 11/09/2018 15:19:17 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

858620

registered interest
date	09/03/2018
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	Midwives: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the attrition rate was for students on midwifery courses in each of the last five completed cohorts for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	131875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not collect this data.</p><p> </p><p>There were over 2,553 more full time equivalent midwives working in the National Health Service in November 2017, an increase of 13.1% compared to 2010.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 14/03/2018 11:59:10 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

851045

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
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	Midwives: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the attrition rate was for students on midwifery courses in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	130235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) analysis of Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) individualised student records provides non-continuation rates for midwives.</p><p> </p><p>HEFCE define non-continuation as students starting the first year of study but who do not to go on to study a second year.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the continuation rates for home students on midwifery degrees in English Higher Education Institutes between first and second year. This includes the latest available data from 2014-15, which shows a 93% continuation rate (so a 7% attrition rate).</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="4"><p>Continuing at same provider</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Profession</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midwifery</p></td><td><p>91%</p></td><td><p>91%</p></td><td><p>92%</p></td><td><p>93%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: HESA Healthcare Indicators - produced for the Department by HEFCE</p><p> </p><p>The data for 2015/16 will be available in summer 2018.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 05/03/2018 16:53:54 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

846941

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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	Midwives: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many midwives were in formal training in England in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	129115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The following table shows the total number of midwives who were in training in England as at 31 March 2015, 2016 and 2017.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midwives</p></td><td><p>6,662</p></td><td><p>6,350</p></td><td><p>6,559</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Health Education England</p><p> </p><p>There are over 2,400 more full time equivalent midwives working in the National Health Service compared to 2010, an increase of 12.4%.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 01/03/2018 14:27:46 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

786378

registered interest
date	07/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Midwives: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the cost to the public purse was of training (a) one midwife and (b) all student midwives in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
uin	112135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>This data is not collected by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 15/11/2017 11:18:14 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves

786386

registered interest
date	07/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Midwives: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many training places for midwifery were (a) commissioned and (b) filled in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	112152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2017 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of commissioned midwifery training places in England by year, for the period 2012-13 to 2016-17 and the actual take up of those places.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Course</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midwifery (Commissioned)</p></td><td><p>2,578</p></td><td><p>2,588</p></td><td><p>2,899</p></td><td><p>2,605</p></td><td><p>2,605</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midwifery (filled)</p></td><td><p>2,580</p></td><td><p>2,540</p></td><td><p>2,535</p></td><td><p>2,580</p></td><td><p>2,602</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Health Education England since 2013</p><p>Financial Information Management System prior to 2013</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The reforms for healthcare education funding from August 2017 will mean students will move onto the student loans system; giving universities the flexibility to provide additional places, based on local need and National Health Service clinical capacity. Health Education England will continue to fund the required number of clinical placements to meet the longer-term NHS workforce needs.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 15/11/2017 11:17:06 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

747629

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Midwives: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many midwives have been in formal training in England in each six month period since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	2482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>Information relating to the number of midwives in training has been collected annually by Health Education England since 2013. Prior to this, the information was collected from strategic health authorities.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the total number of midwives in formal training in England in each financial year from 2010/11 to 2016/17.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5,644</p></td><td><p>5,955</p></td><td><p>6,315</p></td><td><p>6,413</p></td><td><p>6,662</p></td><td><p>6,350</p></td><td><p>6,559</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: From 2013/14 - Health Education England EdCom Analysis returns,</p><p>Pre 2013/14 Department of Health Financial Information Management System (FIMS)</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 11/07/2017 13:56:42 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

708547

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Midwives: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of removing NHS bursaries for student midwives on the number of university applications.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	66731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2017 answer text <p>At this stage of the application cycle, based on the data the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service published on 2 February, Health Education England is confident that the National Health Service will be able to fill the number of midwifery places in England.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 14/03/2017 11:19:10 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

668971

registered interest
date	06/01/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Midwives: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2016 to Question 57868, when Health Education England plans to publish the new competency framework for all midwifery staff on basic bereavement training that is being developed with NHS England and the Royal College of Midwives.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	58817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2017 answer text <p>Health Education England’s (HEE) End of Life Care Core Skills Education and Training Framework is in the final stages of comment and amendment by the steering group following a consultation period. HEE are hoping to publish the framework in early 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The Royal College of Midwives (RCM), the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, the Stillbirth &amp; Neonatal Death Charity (SANDS) and other charities have agreed to design a new bereavement care pathway, rather than a new competency framework specifically for midwives, to improve the bereavement care provided by all professions.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the Nursing Medical Council is undertaking a review of midwifery standards and competencies, due to be completed in 2018. SANDS are also running bereavement training days, accredited by the RCM, for both student midwives and fully trained midwives.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat grouped question UIN 58815 question first answered 16/01/2017 16:13:45 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson