Current status: Answered by Neil Gray on 19 February 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-00312 by Humza Yousaf on 22 June 2021, how many entrants there have been to accredited pre-registration radiography specialty courses in each of the last five years.
Radiography education is not commissioned or controlled by the Scottish Government. The following table sets out the number of entrants to accredited radiography courses at Scottish Universities each academic year. Figures for the 2024-25 academic year are not yet available.
Entrants to accredited pre-registration radiography courses (rounded to nearest 5)
Year | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 |
Therapeutic Radiography | 40 | 40 | 45 | 25 | 45 |
Diagnostic Radiography | 140 | 145 | 150 | 140 | 130 |
Total | 180 | 185 | 195 | 165 | 175 |
Source: HESA Student Population