PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Nurses: Training (6 July 2015)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many specialist nurses are trained to support people with learning disabilities in England.

Asked by:
Alison McGovern (Labour)

The following table shows the number of pre-registration learning disability nurse places that were filled as at 31 March in academic years 2012-13 and 2013-14.

The table also details the number of pre-registration nursing places that have been commissioned for academic years 2014-15 and 2015-16.

	2012-13 Actual	2013-14 Actual	2014-15 Planned	2015-16 Planned
Learning disability nurse total	618	603	653	664

Source: multi professional education and training budget monitoring returns

In December 2014, Health Education England published their Workforce Plan for England which includes their planned Education and Training Commissions for 2015-16 which is available at the following link:

http://hee.nhs.uk/work-programmes/workforce-planning/

Answered by:
Ben Gummer (Conservative)
14 July 2015