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Written question asked by James Clappison (Conservative) on Tuesday, 29 February 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 22 March 2000. It was answered by Baroness Morris of Yardley (Labour) on Wednesday, 22 March 2000 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 numbers recruited into initial teacher training courses for teaching in secondary schools for (a) mathematics, (b) science, (c) languages and (d) technology in each of the last 10 years. - Inc table.
Answer

Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the numbers recruited into initial teacher training courses for teaching in secondary schools for (a) mathematics, (b) science, (c) languages and (d) technology in each of the last 10 years. [112981] Ms Estelle Morris: Figures for recruitment into initial teacher training for teaching in secondary schools for mathematics, science, modern foreign languages and technology in England over the last 10 years are given in the following table. Recruitment to initial teacher training in England over the last 10 years _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Mathematics Science Modern Foreign Languages Technology {1} 1990-91 1,055 1,549 1,042 1,291 1991-92 1,541 2,111 1,277 1,937 1992-93 1,699 2,148 1,384 2,216 1993-94 1,790 2,397 1,550 2,160 1994-95 1,950 2,918 1,789 2,131 1995-96 1,795 2,794 1,790 1,854 1996-97 1,653 2,937 1,720 1,963 1997-98 1,464 2,789 1,799 1,982 1998-99 1,120 2,279 1,657 1,682 1999-2000 1,307 2,362 1,469 1,702 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Technology includes Design and Technology, Commerce, Home Economics and Needlecraft Engineering, Computer Studies, Business Studies, Commerce, Home Economics and Needlecraft. Notes: 1. All figures before 1992-93 represent full-time equivalents. From 1992-93 onwards figures represent head-counts; that is the total of full-time and part-time recruitment. 2. Recruitment data are provisional mid year data. Coverage: Universities and other HE institutions, SCITT and OU. Sources: England: DFE Recruitment Survey, 1990-91 to 1993-94; HESES 1994-95; TTA Survey of ITT Providers 1995-96 onwards.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
346 c574-5W; 112981
Session
1999-00
Subjects
Languages Teachers Training Secondary education Technology Science Student numbers Mathematics
Contains statistics
Yes