Written question asked by Nick St Aubyn (Conservative) on Wednesday, 21 March 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 6 April 2001. It was answered by Baroness Morris of Yardley (Labour) on Friday, 6 April 2001 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, what proportion of those who completed a teacher training course were full-time teachers three years later in each of the last three years for which figures are available. - Inc table. (Holding answer 29 March 2001).

Answer: Mr. St. Aubyn: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what proportion of those who completed a teacher training course were full-time teachers three years later in each of the last three years for which figures are available. [155649] Ms Estelle Morris: [holding answer 29 March 2001]: The information is in the table. Percentage of teachers who were in full-time teaching in the maintained schools sector in the third year after completing their Initial Teacher Training _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year of completion of Initial Teacher Training Percentage 1994 66 1995 65 1996 (provisional) 66 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The number of regular teachers (excluding short-term supply) in the maintained schools sector in England at January 2000 was 404,600, the highest for 10 years and 6,900 higher than January 1998. There was a growth of 2,300 in the number of people recruited to train as teachers between 1999-2000 and 2000-01, the first such increase since 1992-93. From April 2001 new graduate recruits can expect to earn £17,000 a year (up 6 per cent. from the previous year) and starting salaries in Inner London will rise to £20,000 (up 9 per cent. from the previous year).

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