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1039032

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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	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 proportion of the cost of training a student midwife is paid by (a) the student, (b) his Department and (c) other sources.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
uin	207300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>In England, the initial cost of training a midwife is paid by the Government. Part of this is in the form of student loan outlay, which the student accesses for tuition fees and maintenance loans from the Student Loans Company.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows indicative Government costs for each year of training a midwife who lives outside of London and away from home. It shows the maximum possible amount of each payment type available. Midwifery courses typically last three years.</p><p> </p><p>Additional funding to students may also be available through the Student Loans Company and the Learning Support Fund. This is available to those with adult and child dependants, and for those in exceptional hardship. They may also be eligible for reimbursement of additional travel costs to attend clinical placements.</p><p> </p><p>The amount shown in the table is paid by the Department directly to hospital trusts for a student’s clinical placement.</p><p> </p><p>The amount paid back by the student depends on how much they earn during their career. If the loan is not fully repaid after 30 years it is written off. For example, once a student enters the workforce they pay their loans back at a rate of 9% of their earnings over the repayment threshold of £25,000. This equates to £15 a month for a student earning £27,000 a year.</p><p> </p><p>Systems in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are the responsibilities of the devolved administrations in each of those countries.</p><p> </p><p>2018/19 Indicative cost to the Government of training a midwife for each year of their training</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Payment type</p></td><td><p>Cost</p></td><td><p>Paid by</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Costs of training</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tuition fee loan to the university</p></td><td><p>£9,250</p></td><td><p>Initially by Student Loans Company. Paid back by the student over time depending on earnings.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Clinical placement funding to the placement provider</p></td><td><p>£1,383 + Market Forces Factor</p></td><td><p>Department of Health and Social Care</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Additional costs for living support</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maintenance loan to the student</p></td><td><p>£8,700</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Initially by Student Loans Company. Paid back by the student over time depending on earnings.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Long courses loan to the student</p></td><td><p>£1,116</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>- Based on a student who lives away from their parents.</p><p>- Based on a student who lives outside of London and is eligible for the maximum amount of maintenance allowance available.</p><p>- Based on a student on a 42-week course, of which 20 weeks are on clinical placement.</p><p>- Placement funding includes Market Forces Factor (MFF). The MFF compensates for difference in the cost of providing training in different parts of the country.</p><p>Sources:</p><p>Tuition fee loan:</p><p><a href="https://www.practitioners.slc.co.uk/products/full-time-undergraduate-education/full-time-tuition-fee-loan/whats-available/" target="_blank">https://www.practitioners.slc.co.uk/products/full-time-undergraduate-education/full-time-tuition-fee-loan/whats-available/</a></p><p>Maintenance loan:</p><p><a href="https://www.practitioners.slc.co.uk/products/full-time-undergraduate-education/full-time-maintenance-loan/whats-available/" target="_blank">https://www.practitioners.slc.co.uk/products/full-time-undergraduate-education/full-time-maintenance-loan/whats-available/</a></p><p>Long courses loan:</p><p><a href="https://www.practitioners.slc.co.uk/products/full-time-undergraduate-education/full-time-maintenance-loan/long-courses/" target="_blank">https://www.practitioners.slc.co.uk/products/full-time-undergraduate-education/full-time-maintenance-loan/long-courses/</a></p><p>Clinical placement funding:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/629492/2017-18_ET_tariff_guidance_FINAL_July_v2.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/629492/2017-18_ET_tariff_guidance_FINAL_July_v2.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 17/01/2019 16:23:35 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

1039046

registered interest
date	10/01/2019
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	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 student midwives were in receipt of a bursary in each academic year since 2016-17; what the average bursary paid to a student midwife was in each of those years; and what the total cost of those bursaries was to his Department in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
uin	207302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of midwifery students in receipt of bursary funding in the last two completed academic years and the average payment per student.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Academic Year</p></td><td><p>Student Count<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Total Value of Payments (£)<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>Average Per Student (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>6,485</p></td><td><p>35,798,444</p></td><td><p>5,520</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>4,146</p></td><td><p>23,815,211</p></td><td><p>5,744</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS Business Services Authority</p><p>Notes:</p><p><sup>1</sup>Any student who received any element of bursary funding whilst enrolled on a midwifery course</p><p><sup>2</sup>Total payment(s) of any award element, i.e. Basic Award or supplementary allowances</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In August 2017 the education funding system changed with all new pre-registration undergraduate nursing, midwifery and allied health profession students accessing student loans for tuition fees and living costs rather than a National Health Service bursary. In August 2018 postgraduate pre-registration nursing, midwifery and allied health profession students also began to access student loans.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 17/01/2019 16:21:37 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

1037859

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
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	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 student midwives began their training in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	206220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>The number of students who started midwifery courses over recent years are shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p>Number of entrants to midwifery courses in England from 2013/14 to 2017/18</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year of entry</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><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of midwifery entrants</p></td><td><p>2,540</p></td><td><p>2,535</p></td><td><p>2,591</p></td><td><p>2,602</p></td><td><p>2,692</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Health Education England, Education Commissioning (EdCom) dataset</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 16/01/2019 12:45:15 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1037861

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
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	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 clinical placements for midwifery students were there in each of the last five years; and how much financial support was provided for these placements by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	206222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of midwifery training places available in each of the last five years for which information is available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </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>Midwives</p></td><td><p>2,578</p></td><td><p>2,588</p></td><td><p>2,555</p></td><td><p>2,605</p></td><td><p>2,605</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Prior to 2013 Departmental Financial Management System, since 2013 Health Education England Education Commissioning reports.</p><p> </p><p>Funding for midwifery placements is paid to placement providers at a nationally agreed tariff price. The current tariff payment is £3,112 per year for each full time equivalent placement. Tariff payments also attract a market forces factor payment, which is an additional payment to compensate for unavoidable cost differences between healthcare providers, based on their geographical location.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 16/01/2019 12:43:17 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1037862

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
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	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 proportion of student midwives who began training did not go on to graduate in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	206223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Midwifery courses typically last three years. Data from Health Education England (HEE) show the number of people who were known to have left midwifery courses in the first three years of study. This is known as observed expected attrition.</p><p> </p><p>Proportion of midwifery entrants from 2010/11 to 2014/15 who were known to have left in the first three years of study</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year of entry</p></td><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></tr><tr><td><p>Observed expected attrition rate</p></td><td><p>15.8%</p></td><td><p>14.2%</p></td><td><p>15.9%</p></td><td><p>12.1%</p></td><td><p>11.5%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: HEE Reducing Pre-Registration Attrition and Improving Retention (RePAIR) report, Table 3 Page 29.</p><p><a href="https://www.hee.nhs.uk/our-work/reducing-pre-registration-attrition-improving-retention" target="_blank">https://www.hee.nhs.uk/our-work/reducing-pre-registration-attrition-improving-retention</a></p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 16/01/2019 12:47:14 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1037863

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
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	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 people graduated in midwifery in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	206224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>The following table shows the number of midwives who graduated in each academic year, for the period from 2012/13 to 2016/17. Data for 2017/18 is not yet available.</p><p> </p><p>Midwifery graduates in England from 2012/13 to 2016/17</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year of graduation</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>Number of midwifery graduates</p></td><td><p>1,997</p></td><td><p>2,004</p></td><td><p>2,085</p></td><td><p>2,062</p></td><td><p>2,122</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Source: Health Education England analysis of Higher Education Statistics Agency Student Record</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 16/01/2019 12:48:34 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1037865

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
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	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 assessment he has made of the capacity of (a) universities to train and (b) the NHS to provide clinical placements for the planned 3,000 additional student midwives who will begin their training over the next four years; and what steps his Department is taking to increase that capacity.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	206226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Applications for midwifery programmes are buoyant and universities are positive about their ability to accommodate the required growth. Demand for students to study midwifery courses has always been high and there are nearly three applicants for each midwifery training place.</p><p> </p><p>We are confident that nationally the universities and the National Health Service can train and provide clinical placements for this increase and will be working with both NHS Improvement and Health Education England as this expansion rolls out given their individual responsibilities for NHS maternity care and training.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 16/01/2019 12:46:04 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

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