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Clinical Psychologists: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many clinical psychology training places were commissioned in each of the last five years, and how this compares to the number of applicants.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
29 Jan 2026
Target answer date
2 Feb 2026
Answer
13 Feb 2026 · 15 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many clinical psychology training places were commissioned in each of the last five years, and how this compares to the number of applicants.

  2. 2 Feb 2026

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  3. 13 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    The following table provides the number of training places across the 28 training providers of Doctorates in Clinical Psychology in England over the past five years:Year20212022202320242025Places9011,0651,0661,0641,073Source: Clearing House, available at ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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