Oral answer to question provided on Tuesday, 17 June 2008 in the House of Lords, by Lord Adonis (Labour).

Schools: Teacher Training

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.

This is an answer to the Oral question asked on Tuesday, 17 June 2008 by Baroness Perry of Southwark (Conservative).

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

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