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Dept for Education and Employment

Answer

Mr. Blunkett: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was the (a) actual number and (b) percentage of unfilled places on initial teacher training courses for each year since 1987-88, including 1996-97 (i) in total and (ii) for (1) maths, (2) english, (3) science, (4) geography, (5) religious education and (6) modern foreign languages.[37865] Mr. Robin Squire: The number and percentage of unfilled places on initial teacher training courses for the academic years 1988-89 to 1995-96 are given in the table. Data for 1996-97 are not yet available. Unfilled Places on Initial Teacher Training Courses 1988-89 to 1995-96 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Numbers England and Wales England 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 Total 326 -- -- -- -- -- 632 286 Maths 429 395 636 167 -- -- 300 472 English -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Science 229 146 410 -- -- 242 340 608 Geography 12 27 51 -- -- -- 27 4 Religious Education 109 74 136 67 34 54 59 16 Modern foreign languages 177 211 344 37 -- 123 288 302 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Where no number is given, target was met or exceeded. Percentage _________________________________________________________________________________________________. England and Wales England 1988-89 1989-90 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 Total 1.6 -- -- -- -- -- 2.1 1.0 Maths 27.3 25.7 36.8 9.7 -- -- 13.5 20.8 English -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Science 12.8 8.3 19.9 -- -- 9.3 10.6 17.9 Geography 3.4 7.5 12.9 -- -- -- 4.2 0.6 Religious Education 29.4 19.8 35.1 16.5 8.4 12.8 11.8 3.1 Modern foreign languages 18.0 20.4 25.0 2.7 -- 7.4 14.0 14.5 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Where no number is given, target was met or exceeded.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

37865; 281 c720W

Session

1995-96

Subjects

Curriculum Languages English language Teachers Training Religion Science Geography Mathematics

Contains statistics

Yes