Written question asked by Lord Foster of Bath (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 26 November 1997, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 5 December 1997. It was answered by Baroness Morris of Yardley (Labour) on Friday, 5 December 1997 on behalf of the Department for Education and Employment.

Dept for Education and Employment

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, how many (a) post-graduate and (b) undergraduate ITT places were unfilled in (i) 1996 and (ii) 1997. - Inc tables. (Holding answer 1 December 1997).

Answer: Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many (a) postgraduate and (b) undergraduate ITT places were unfilled in (i) 1996 and (ii) 1997. [18554] Ms Estelle Morris: [holding answer 1 December 1997]: The information requested is shown in the following table. Table 1: Recruitment to ITT in 1996 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. UG PG Primary Targets allocated to providers by TTA 7,018 4,492 New entrants 7,619 4,862 Number of unfilled places 0 0 Secondary Targets allocated to providers by TTA 3,081 15,689 New entrants 2,492 13,556 Number of unfilled places 589 2,133 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Table 2: Recruitment to ITT in 1997 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. UG PG Primary Targets allocated to providers by TTA 6,637 4,386 New entrants 7,072 4,677 Number of unfilled places 0 0 Secondary Targets allocated to providers by TTA 3,335 15,834 New entrants 2,543 13,423 Number of unfilled places 792 2,411 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Data for 1997 are provisional.

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