Oral question asked in the House of Lords, by Baroness Perry of Southwark (Conservative). It was answered by Lord Adonis (Labour) on Tuesday, 17 June 2008.

Schools: Teacher Training

Question: What action they will take to increase the number of applicants for teacher training to meet future demand.

Answer: My Lords, the number of teacher training places being filled is sharply up since 1997, thanks to a 16 per cent real-terms increase in teachers’ pay and generous new recruitment incentives, including PGCE training bursaries of up to £9,000, golden hellos in key subjects of up to £5,000 and training salaries of about £15,000 for mid-career entrants into the teaching profession, who now contribute one in seven of new secondary school trainee teachers.

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