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The latest data on the total number of enrolments into midwifery courses in each academic year is presented in the following table which shows the number of enrolled students across all years of study residing in England, almost all of whom study at English universities.<\/p>

<\/p>

Midwifery<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Academic year<\/p><\/td>

2014-15<\/p><\/td>

2015-16<\/p><\/td>

2016-17<\/p><\/td>

2017-18<\/p><\/td>

2018-19<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Total number of enrolments<\/p><\/td>

7,905<\/p><\/td>

8,000<\/p><\/td>

8,020<\/p><\/td>

7,985<\/p><\/td>

8,130<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency, published at https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/students/table-22<\/a><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

<\/strong><\/p>

Note:<\/p>

- Enrolments include all levels of study: all undergraduate and postgraduate midwifery courses.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4527", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Helen Whately"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Faversham and Mid Kent"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Helen Whately"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2020-02-24", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2020-02-24T16:35:30.34Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2020-02-13", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Midwives: Training"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many student midwives there were in each academic year since 2014-15.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1491", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Kerry McCarthy"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Bristol East"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Kerry McCarthy"} ], "uin" : "15124"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1176666", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1176666/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

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>

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>

Academic year<\/p><\/td>

2016-17<\/p><\/td>

2017-18<\/p><\/td>

2018-19<\/p><\/td>

2019-20<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Number of acceptances<\/p><\/td>

2,395<\/p><\/td>

2,600<\/p><\/td>

2,680<\/p><\/td>

3,105<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

Source<\/em>: UCAS end of cycle data, 2019<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4019", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2020-01-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : {"_value" : "HL733"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2020-01-30T15:56:07.01Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2020-01-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Midwives: Training"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "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.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4719", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle"} ], "uin" : "HL732"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1176668", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1176668/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

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>

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>

Academic year<\/p><\/td>

2016-17<\/p><\/td>

2017-18<\/p><\/td>

2018-19<\/p><\/td>

2019-20<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Number of acceptances<\/p><\/td>

2,395<\/p><\/td>

2,600<\/p><\/td>

2,680<\/p><\/td>

3,105<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

Source<\/em>: UCAS end of cycle data, 2019<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4019", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2020-01-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : {"_value" : "HL732"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2020-01-30T15:56:07.12Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2020-01-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Midwives: Training"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "Her Majesty's Government how many student midwives started their training in (1) the current academic year, and (2) each of the three preceding academic years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4719", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle"} ], "uin" : "HL733"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1149078", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1149078/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

Data from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) in the following table. shows the number of students accepted onto midwifery courses over the last three full academic years.<\/p>

<\/p>

Midwifery student acceptances<\/p>

<\/p>

Midwifery<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Academic year<\/p><\/td>

2016-17<\/p><\/td>

2017-18<\/p><\/td>

2018-19<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Number of acceptances<\/p><\/td>

2,395<\/p><\/td>

2,600<\/p><\/td>

2,680<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Source: UCAS end of cycle data, 2018<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

The following table shows the number of midwives who graduated in England in 2016-17. Data for 2018-19 is not yet available.<\/p>

<\/p>

Midwifery graduates<\/p>

<\/p>

Midwifery<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Academic year<\/p><\/td>

2016-17<\/p><\/td>

2017-18<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Number of graduates<\/p><\/td>

2,162<\/p><\/td>

2,091<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Source: Health Education England (HEE) analysis of Higher Education Statistics Agency Student Record<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

In 2016/17 HEE commissioned 2,605 midwifery places of which 2,602 were filled. Following the removal of the bursary in 2017 midwifery places are no longer directly commissioned by HEE. Places are filled via the normal university application process with the Department making funding available for the provision of their clinical placements while studying.<\/p>

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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>

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>

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>

The amount shown in the table is paid by the Department directly to hospital trusts for a student\u2019s clinical placement.<\/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>

Systems in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are the responsibilities of the devolved administrations in each of those countries.<\/p>

<\/p>

2018/19 Indicative cost to the Government of training a midwife for each year of their training<\/p>

<\/p>

Payment type<\/p><\/td>

Cost<\/p><\/td>

Paid by<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Costs of training<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Tuition fee loan to the university<\/p><\/td>

£9,250<\/p><\/td>

Initially by Student Loans Company. Paid back by the student over time depending on earnings.<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Clinical placement funding to the placement provider<\/p><\/td>

£1,383 + Market Forces Factor<\/p><\/td>

Department of Health and Social Care<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Additional costs for living support<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Maintenance loan to the student<\/p><\/td>

£8,700<\/p><\/td>

Initially by Student Loans Company. Paid back by the student over time depending on earnings.<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Long courses loan to the student<\/p><\/td>

£1,116<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

<\/p>

Notes:<\/p>

- Based on a student who lives away from their parents.<\/p>

- Based on a student who lives outside of London and is eligible for the maximum amount of maintenance allowance available.<\/p>

- Based on a student on a 42-week course, of which 20 weeks are on clinical placement.<\/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>

Sources:<\/p>

Tuition fee loan:<\/p>

https://www.practitioners.slc.co.uk/products/full-time-undergraduate-education/full-time-tuition-fee-loan/whats-available/<\/a><\/p>

Maintenance loan:<\/p>

https://www.practitioners.slc.co.uk/products/full-time-undergraduate-education/full-time-maintenance-loan/whats-available/<\/a><\/p>

Long courses loan:<\/p>

https://www.practitioners.slc.co.uk/products/full-time-undergraduate-education/full-time-maintenance-loan/long-courses/<\/a><\/p>

Clinical placement funding:<\/p>

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>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1585", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Stephen Hammond"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Wimbledon"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Stephen Hammond"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-01-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-01-17T16:23:35.827Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-01-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Midwives: Training"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "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.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4595", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Gareth Snell"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Stoke-on-Trent Central"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Gareth Snell"} ], "uin" : "207300"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1039037", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Education"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1039037/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

Information on the loans paid to students on higher education courses is published annually by the Student Loans Company in the statistics publication Student Support for Higher Education in England.<\/p>

https://www.slc.co.uk/official-statistics/financial-support-awarded/england-higher-education.aspx<\/a>.<\/p>

<\/p>

A breakdown of these statistics by subject of study is not available.<\/p>

<\/p>

Information on the proportion of student loans not expected to be repaid is published annually by the department in the statistics publication Student Loan Forecasts, England.<\/p>

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/student-loan-forecasts-england-2017-to-2018<\/a>.<\/p>

<\/p>

A breakdown of these statistics by subject of study is not available.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4021", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Chris Skidmore"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Kingswood"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Chris Skidmore"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-01-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-01-17T17:58:28.8Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "60"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Education"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-01-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Midwives: Training"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much was paid in (a) tuition fee loans and (b) maintenance loans with respect to students undertaking undergraduate midwifery courses (a) in total and (b) on average per student midwife in each academic year since 2016-17; and what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of such loans that will be repaid by people who received them.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4595", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Gareth Snell"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Stoke-on-Trent Central"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Gareth Snell"} ], "uin" : "207301"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1039046", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1039046/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

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>

Academic Year<\/p><\/td>

Student Count1<\/sup><\/p><\/td>

Total Value of Payments (£)2<\/sup><\/p><\/td>

Average Per Student (£)<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2016/17<\/p><\/td>

6,485<\/p><\/td>

35,798,444<\/p><\/td>

5,520<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2017/18<\/p><\/td>

4,146<\/p><\/td>

23,815,211<\/p><\/td>

5,744<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

Source: NHS Business Services Authority<\/p>

Notes:<\/p>

1<\/sup>Any student who received any element of bursary funding whilst enrolled on a midwifery course<\/p>

2<\/sup>Total payment(s) of any award element, i.e. Basic Award or supplementary allowances<\/p>

<\/strong><\/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>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1585", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Stephen Hammond"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Wimbledon"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Stephen Hammond"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-01-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-01-17T16:21:37.457Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-01-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Midwives: Training"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "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.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4595", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Gareth Snell"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Stoke-on-Trent Central"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Gareth Snell"} ], "uin" : "207302"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1037859", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1037859/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The number of students who started midwifery courses over recent years are shown in the following table.<\/p>

<\/p>

Number of entrants to midwifery courses in England from 2013/14 to 2017/18<\/p>

Year of entry<\/p><\/td>

2013/14<\/p><\/td>

2014/15<\/p><\/td>

2015/16<\/p><\/td>

2016/17<\/p><\/td>

2017/18<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Number of midwifery entrants<\/p><\/td>

2,540<\/p><\/td>

2,535<\/p><\/td>

2,591<\/p><\/td>

2,602<\/p><\/td>

2,692<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

Source: Health Education England, Education Commissioning (EdCom) dataset<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1585", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Stephen Hammond"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Wimbledon"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Stephen Hammond"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-01-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-01-16T12:45:15.72Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-01-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Midwives: Training"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "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.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/252", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dr David Drew"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Stroud"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Dr David Drew"} ], "uin" : "206220"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1037860", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department of Health and Social Care"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1037860/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The total number of student midwives in March of each academic year between 2014/15 and 2016/17 are shown in the following table. More recent data is not available.<\/p>

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Total number of student midwives in England between 2014/15 and 2016/17<\/p>

Academic year<\/p><\/td>

2014/15<\/p><\/td>

2015/16<\/p><\/td>

2016/17<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Number of midwives in training<\/p><\/td>

6,662<\/p><\/td>

6,350<\/p><\/td>

6,559<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

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The following table shows the number of midwifery training places available in each of the last five years for which information is available.<\/p>

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<\/p><\/td>

2012/13<\/p><\/td>

2013/14<\/p><\/td>

2014/15<\/p><\/td>

2015/16<\/p><\/td>

2016/17<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Midwives<\/p><\/td>

2,578<\/p><\/td>

2,588<\/p><\/td>

2,555<\/p><\/td>

2,605<\/p><\/td>

2,605<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

Source: Prior to 2013 Departmental Financial Management System, since 2013 Health Education England Education Commissioning reports.<\/p>

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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>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1585", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Stephen Hammond"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Wimbledon"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Stephen Hammond"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-01-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-01-16T12:43:17.463Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "17"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Health and Social Care"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-01-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Midwives: Training"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "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.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/252", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dr David Drew"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Stroud"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Dr David Drew"} ], "uin" : "206222"} ], "itemsPerPage" : 10, "next" : "https://eldaddp.azurewebsites.net/answeredquestions.text?_page=1&hansardHeading=Midwives%3A+Training&max-answer.questionFirstAnswered.=2020-04-30T12%3A40%3A09.94Z", "page" : 0, "startIndex" : 1, "totalResults" : 41, "type" : ["http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#ListEndpoint", "http://purl.org/linked-data/api/vocab#Page"]} }