Question follow-through · 72907

Midwives: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the employment rate amongst midwifery graduates since 1 January 2023.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
29 Aug 2025
Target answer date
2 Sept 2025
Answer
9 Sept 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Aug 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the employment rate amongst midwifery graduates since 1 January 2023.

  2. 2 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    The Department does not hold the information requested.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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