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Dept for Education and Employment

Answer

Dr. Starkey: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many science graduates completed teacher training broken down by subject into (a) chemistry, (b) physics and (c) biology, (i) in total and (ii) as a percentage of the total graduates completing teacher training in each year between 1993 and 1997. [57079] Mr. Charles Clarke: The number of graduates in Chemistry, Physics and Biology and other related sciences who completed a Postgraduate Certificate of Education (PGCE) in England and Wales between 1993 and 1996 and the number expressed as a percentage of all graduates completing a PGCE are given in the table: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1993 1994 1995 1996 Degree subject Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage Chemistry 470 3.1 530 3.3 580 3.4 520 3.1 Physics 360 2.4 430 2.7 430 2.5 360 2.1 Biology 980 6.5 1,130 7.0 1,330 7.7 1,330 7.9 Engineering 450 3.0 620 3.8 690 4.0 570 3.4 Medical sciences 100 0.7 110 0.7 150 0.9 180 1.1 General sciences 260 1.7 260 1.6 490 2.8 390 2.3 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Figures for 1997 are not yet available. Graduates qualified in more than one subject are counted against each relevant subject listed above. The £130 million package of measures announced by my department on 27 October includes measures intended to increase the number of science graduates recruited to initial teacher training courses.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

319 c544W; 57079

Session

1997-98

Subjects

Chemistry Graduates Teachers Training Science Biology Physics

Contains statistics

Yes