Dietetics: Training

Mr. Jenkins
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many four year dietetics degrees were funded by his Department in each of the last five years.

Ann Keen
The number of training places on four year dietetics degree courses which were commissioned by the strategic health authorities in the last five years are shown in the following table.

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|Academic year                                                     |Number|
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|2004/05                                                           |306   |
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|2005/06                                                           |386   |
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|2006/07                                                           |413   |
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|2007/08                                                           |384   |
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|2008/09                                                           |388   |
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|Source:Non-Medical Education Training Quarter 4 Monitoring Returns|      |
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