A table which shows how many midwifery training places there were in each strategic health authorities in each of the last five academic years has been placed in the Library.
[holding answer 18 February 2008]: The total estimated cost of training student midwives for each year since 2004-05 is set out in the following table.
Financial year Total cost (£ million) 2004-05 79.4 2005-06 82.2 Notes: (i) 2004-05 and 2005-06 are forecasts. No data are available for 2006-07 onwards. (ii) Data in the above time series are not strictly comparable due to changes in the way data were collected. (iii) Average bursary costs for nurses and midwives have been added to tuition costs from 2004-05 onwards.