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Written question asked by Shaun Woodward (Labour) on Thursday, 11 April 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 24 April 2002. It was answered by Stephen Timms (Labour) on Wednesday, 24 April 2002 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.


Dept for Education and Skills

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many people applied for post graduate certificates in education courses in (a) mathematics, (b) English, (c) science subjects and (d) language subjects in (i) 1999, (ii) 2000, (iii) 2001 and (iv) 2002 in (1) St Helens, (2) Liverpool, (3) Merseyside, (4) Manchester, (5) the Northwest, (6) the Southeast and (7) England. - Inc table.
Answer

Mr. Woodward: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many people applied for post graduate certificates in education courses in (a) mathematics, (b) English, (c) science subjects and (d) language subjects in (i) 1999, (ii) 2000, (iii) 2001 and (iv) 2002 in (1) St. Helens, (2) Liverpool, (3) Merseyside, (4) Manchester, (5) the North-West, (6) the South-East and (7) England. [50008] Mr. Timms: Application figures for regions, either for domicile information of applicants or for numbers of applications made to resident institutions, are not collected centrally. Final application figures to PGCE courses for entry years 1999-2000 to 2001-02 are shown in the table. The figures are for England and Wales. End of year application figures to PGCE courses in England and Wales _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Entry Year Subject 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 Mathematics 1,690 1,776 2,031 English (excluding drama) 2,610 2,752 3,398 Science 3,450 3,728 4,093 Modern Languages 2,307 2,763 2,761 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. The figures are for applications as recorded on the GTTR applications database. 2. Modern languages include Welsh. Source: Graduate Teacher Training Registry (GTTR) Final figures for England only are available only for 2001-02 entry: 1,917 for mathematics, 3,208 for English (excluding drama), 3,822 for science and 2,562 for modern languages. Source: Graduate Teacher Training Registry (GTTR) Applications for entry for 2002-03 are still being accepted. As of 22 March 2002, the number of applications made in England was: 842 for mathematics, 2,327 for English (excluding drama), 1,781 for science and 1,224 for modern languages. Source: Graduate Teacher Training Registry (GTTR)


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
384 c309W;384 c309-10W; 50008
Session
2001-02
Subjects
Applications Languages Greater Manchester English language Merseyside Liverpool Teachers Training Science North West South East St Helens Mathematics Postgraduate education
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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