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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-01-23more like thismore than 2020-01-23
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Department of Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
hansard heading Midwives: Training more like this
house id 2 more like this
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pref label House of Lords more like this
question text Her Majesty's Government how many of the 3,000 additional training places announced in May 2018 for midwifery students have (1) been filled in the current academic year, and (2) been commissioned for each of the next three academic years. more like this
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Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle remove filter
uin HL732 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-01-30more like thismore than 2020-01-30
answer text <p>Since the changes to the bursary system in 2017 midwifery places are no longer directly commissioned. The Department makes funding available for clinical placements, with places filled via the normal university application process. The Government has committed to expand midwifery training places by 3,650 over a four year period with an increase of 650 in September 2019 and 1,000 in each of the subsequent years.</p><p>Data from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) in the following table shows acceptances to midwifery courses increased by 425 in the academic year 2019-20. The table also shows the number of acceptances in each of the three preceding academic years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Academic year</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of acceptances</p></td><td><p>2,395</p></td><td><p>2,600</p></td><td><p>2,680</p></td><td><p>3,105</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source</em>: UCAS end of cycle data, 2019</p>
answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford more like this
grouped question UIN HL733 more like this
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less than 2020-01-30T15:56:07.01Zmore like thismore than 2020-01-30T15:56:07.01Z
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label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford more like this
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label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle more like this