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Written question asked by James Clappison (Conservative) on Monday, 24 January 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 1 February 2000. It was answered by Baroness Morris of Yardley (Labour) on Tuesday, 1 February 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, how many recruits for the teaching of (a) physics, (b) chemistry and (c) biology in secondary schools were recruited into initial teacher training courses in each of the last five years. - Includes table for Science courses.
Answer

Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many recruits for the teaching of (a) Physics, (b) Chemistry and (c) Biology in secondary schools were recruited into initial teacher training courses in each of the last five years. [107176] Ms Estelle Morris: There are no national data available for secondary initial teacher training courses in Physics, Chemistry and Biology. Data are available for secondary initial teacher training Science courses. Recruitment to Science for England over the last five years is given in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Number 1995-96 2,794 1996-97 2,937 1997-98 2,789 1998-99 2,279 1999-2000 2,353 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: TTA Survey of ITT Providers


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
343 c497W; 107176
Session
1999-00
Subjects
Chemistry Staff Teachers Training Secondary education Science Biology Physics
Contains statistics
Yes