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 physics teaching trainees he expects to be in his target figure for recruitment into initial teacher training courses for science teaching in secondary schools in (a) 2000-01 (b) 2001-02 and (c) 2002-03. - Includes figures for Science.

Answer: Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many Physics teacher trainees he expects to be in his target figure for recruitment into initial teacher training courses for Science teaching in secondary schools in (a) 2000-01 (b) 2001-02 and (c) 2002-03. [107180] Ms Estelle Morris: There are no secondary initial teacher training targets for Physics. Physics is included in the secondary target for Science. The DfEE secondary initial teacher training target for Science in England for 2000-01 is 2,690. Indicative targets for 2001-02 and 2002-03 are also 2,690.

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