Written question asked by Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 29 November 1999, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 6 December 1999. It was answered by Baroness Morris of Yardley (Labour) on Monday, 6 December 1999 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) maths and (b) science trainee teachers have been placed in the employment-based route to teaching schemes in each of the three terms of the 1998-99 school year; and what was the average cost per place in each of those terms. - Includes tables. (Holding answer 2 December 1999).

Answer: Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many (a) maths and (b) science trainee teachers have been placed in the employment-based route to teaching schemes in each of the three terms of the 1998-99 school year; and what was the average cost per place in each of those terms. [100908] Ms Estelle Morris: [holding answer 2 December 1999]: In the school year 1998-99, the number of training plans approved for the Graduate and Registered Teacher Programmes from people who had secured a placement to teach mathematics or science was as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Term Mathematics Science Autumn 1998 15 9 Spring 1999 9 11 Summer 1999 8 11 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The average termly training grant for maths and science programmes approved during 1998-99 was: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Term Cost (£) Autumn 1998 1,075.41 Spring 1999 1,051.75 Summer 1999 1,206.53 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 340 c421W;340 c419-20W; 100908
Session: 1999-00
Subjects: Costs Graduates Teachers Training Science In-service training Mathematics
Contains statistics: Yes