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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, if he will list the unfilled places on SCITT courses as a percentage of all places in each subject in (a) 1996 and (b) 1997. - Inc table. (Holding answer 1 December 1997).
Answer

Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the unfilled places on school-centred initial teacher training courses as a percentage of all places in each subject in (a) 1996 and (b) 1997. [18553] Ms Estelle Morris: [holding answer 1 December 1997]: The information requested is shown in the following table. 1996 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. SCITT Target Entrants Percentage under recruitment Primary 165 170 0 Maths 81 38 53.09 English 63 55 12.70 Science 91 75 17.58 Modern languages 33 25 24.24 Technology 103 41 60.19 History 18 19 0 Geography 28 20 28.57 PE 44 49 0 Art 7 5 28.57 Music 12 6 50.00 RE 49 27 44.90 Other 8 8 0 Total Secondary 537 368 31.47 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
18553; 302 c393-4W
Session
1997-98
Subjects
Curriculum Teachers Training Vacancies
Contains statistics
Yes