PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Nurses: Migrant Workers (19 March 2015)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of nurses registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council were from overseas in each of the last five years.

Asked by:
Mr Toby Perkins (Labour)

Answer

The table below sets out the total number of nurses and midwives registering to practice in the United Kingdom in each year since 2009 and the proportion from the UK, European Economic Area and overseas.

Year

Total

United Kingdom

European Economic Area (excluding the UK)

Overseas

2009-10

22,094

19,574 (88.59%)

1,970 (8.92%)

550 (2.49%)

2010-11

23,201

19,343 (83.37%)

2,715 (11.70%)

1,143 (4.93%)

2011-12

23,432

19,143 (81.70%)

3,137 (13.39)

1,152 (4.92%)

2012-13

25,209

20,904 (82.92%)

3,436 (13.63%)

869 (3.45%)

2013-14

28,958

22,730 (78.49%)

5,388 (18.61%)

840 (2.90%)

Source: Nursing and Midwifery Council

Notes: For each year data relates to the period of 1 April to 31 March the following year


Answered by:
Dr Dan Poulter (Labour)
24 March 2015

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