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Departmental Documents

Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment (1) how many (a) consultation documents, (b) regulations, (c) revised or corrected regulations, (d) guidance notes, (e) requests for statistical information in addition to form 618G and (f) letters from Ministers, have been sent to local education authorities by his Department since May 1997; [111671]

(2) how many (a) consultation documents, (b) regulations, (c) revised or corrected regulations, (d) guidance notes, (e) requests for statistical information in addition to form 7 and (f) letters from Ministers have been sent to schools by his Department since May 1997. [111672]

Jacqui Smith [holding answer 28 February 2000]: Since May 1997 this Department has sent local education authorities the following:

Topic	1997	1998	1999	2000
Consultation Papers
Employment	7	12	10	0
Early Years	1	6	3	0
Further and Higher Education	17	16	20	5
Literacy and Numeracy	1	1	3	0
Primary Schools	2	3	3	0
Secondary Schools	6	6	5	0
School Curriculum	5	1	5	1
School Discipline	4	6	3	0
School Finance	9	14	17	5
School Governance	2	5	4	0
School Health and Safety	1	3	2	0
School-Miscellaneous	4	10	8	1
School Organisation	1	3	5	0
School Premises	0	1	7	0
School Standards	6	3	4	0
Special Education	5	1	5	1
Teaching Profession	9	11	7	9
Regulations	35	132	191	29
Guidance
Employment	0	2	5	0
Early Years	1	4	11	1
Further and Higher Education	13	12	22	10
Literacy and Numeracy	0	4	19	3
Primary Schools	2	8	11	5
Secondary Schools	9	9	17	1
School Curriculum	0	2	3	1
School Discipline	0	2	4	1
School Finance	5	15	33	8
School Governance	1	4	11	3
School Health and Safety	0	2	6	2
School-Miscellaneous	3	3	9	3
School Organisation	0	7	12	1
School Premises	5	4	8	6
School Standards	3	9	26	4
Special Education	6	3	7	1
Teaching Profession	7	17	11	10
Data Collection
Employment	1	0	0	1
Early Years	0	2	1	3
Further and Higher Education	4	4	28	6
Literacy and Numeracy	0	0	0	0
Primary Schools	1	1	2	1
Secondary Schools	2	4	1	0
School Curriculum	0	0	0	7
School Discipline	0	0	1	5
School Finance	1	0	3	3
School-General	4	8	15	11
School Premises	0	0	0	1
School Standards	0	0	0	3
Special Education	2	2	3	1
Teaching Profession	1	4	5	2
Letters from Ministers	1	2	4	2

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Teacher Training

Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many persons were recruited into initial teacher training in 1999-2000 for secondary school teaching in (a) mathematics, (b) science, (c) languages and (d) technology; and what were the targets for that year for recruitment in those subjects. [112984]

Ms Estelle Morris: Figures for recruitment into initial teacher training in 1999-2000 for secondary school teaching in mathematics, science, modern foreign languages and technology in England and corresponding targets are given in the table.

	Recruitment	Target
Mathematics	1,307	1,680
Science	2,362	2,390
Modern Foreign Languages	1,469	2,200
Technology	1,702	2,860

Notes:

1. Figures represent head-counts; that is the total of full-time and part-time recruitment.

2. Technology includes Design and Technology, Engineering, Computer Studies, Business Studies, Commerce, Home Economics and Needlecraft.

3. Targets for 1999-2000 exclude 300 for Mathematics and 300 for Science under the MS600 Scheme.

4. Recruitment data are provisional mid-year data.

Coverage:

Universities and other HE institutions, SCITT and OU.

Sources:

Intake: TTA Survey of ITT Providers

Targets: DfEE

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As a result of the introduction of "Golden Hellos", recruitment to secondary teacher training in mathematics was 17 per cent. higher than the previous year. For science the figure was 4 per cent. and recruitment was very close to target. In both these subjects, the previous trend was a decline in recruitment. "Golden Hellos" will also apply to secondary teacher training in modern foreign languages from September 2000. In the longer term, the reforms announced in the Teachers Green Paper will improve

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the pay, training leadership and support for teachers and encourage more of the best graduates to join the profession.

Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many persons recruited in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available into initial teacher training courses for secondary school teaching in each subject (a) left their course, (b) failed their examinations and (c) failed to enter the teaching profession. [112983]

Ms Estelle Morris: Figures for persons recruited into initial teacher training courses for secondary school teaching in each subject who left their course are not collected centrally. The table gives the available figures for final year trainees not gaining Qualified Teacher Status in England.

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	1996-97			1997-98
	Final year trainees	Not gaining QTS	Percentage not gaining QTS	Final year trainees	Not gaining QTS	Percentage not gaining QTS
Mathematics	1,672	343	21	1,371	283	21
English and Drama	2,042	267	13	2,089	271	13
Science	2,791	495	18	2,488	451	18
Modern Foreign Languages	1,792	270	15	1,730	258	15
Technology	1,959	326	17	1,805	308	17
History	973	113	12	987	118	12
Geography	842	67	8	833	70	8
Physical Education	1,467	99	7	1,440	95	7
Art	908	85	9	889	88	10
Music	532	80	15	489	74	15
Religious Education	603	86	14	605	90	15
Other	333	42	13	281	27	10
Total	15,914	2,273	13	15,007	2,133	13

Notes:

1. Figures are for undergraduate and postgraduate Initial Teacher Training combined.

2. Technical includes Design and Technology, Engineering, Computer Studies, Business Studies, Commerce, Home Economics and Needlecraft.

3. Other includes Classics, Economics, Other social sciences and Other subjects.

4. The numbers of final year trainees not gaining QTS relate to providers final examination boards at the end of the academic year. Trainees awarded QTS at a later date--for example because they had to undertake a further period of teaching in school because of illness--were not recorded.

Source:

Teacher Training Agency--Performance Profiles.

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Figures available are for initial teacher trainees for secondary school teaching in each subject who trained 10 years ago and did not enter the teaching profession. These are given in the table:

Percentage of secondary trained teachers (7) qualified in 1988 who had not entered teaching (8) by 31 March 1998 by subject specialism (9)--England

Subject	Percentage not entering teaching
Mathematics	12
English(10)	8
Science	11
Modern Foreign Languages	7
Technology(11)	10
History	8
Geography	8
Art	13
Music	6
Religious Education	12
Physical Education	12
Other	14
All secondary	10

(7) Those whose training specialised in teaching pupils of secondary age.

(8) Those who are not recorded as entering any sector of teaching. Some teachers will be counted as not entering service because their service is not recorded. These may include teachers in the 'old' university sector, in the independent schools sector who are not members of the teachers pension scheme (TPS), in part-time service outside the maintained nursery, primary, secondary and special sector who are not members of the TPS.

(9) First subject specialism.

(10) English includes Drama.

(11) Technology includes Design and Technology, Engineering, Computer Studies, Business Studies, Commerce, Home Economics and Needlecraft.

Source:

DfEE Database of Teacher Records.

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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

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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 table.

Recruitment to initial teacher training in England over the last10 years

	Mathematics	Science	Modern Foreign Languages	Technology (12)
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

(12) 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.

Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many applications for entry into initial teacher training courses starting in autumn 2000 for the secondary school subjects of (a) mathematics, (b) science, (c) languages and (d) technology have been made in the current academic year to date; and how many were made in 1999-2000. [112985]

Ms Estelle Morris: Applications for initial teacher training courses can be made at postgraduate and undergraduate level. Applications in England and Wales to undergraduate courses at 4 February and postgraduate courses at 19 February for courses starting in 2000-01 together with equivalent figures and end of year figures for the previous year are given in the tables.

Undergraduate applications

	As at 4 February 2000-01	As at 5 February 1999-2000	End of year for 1999-2000
Mathematics	175	247	361
Science	225	271	342
Modern Foreign Languages	35	29	54
Technology	684	726	1,063

Source:

Universities and Colleges Admissions Service

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PGCE applications

	As at 19 February 2000-01	As at 20 February 1999-2000	End of year for 1999-2000
Mathematics	407	529	1,690
Science	938	1,125	3,450
Modern Foreign Languages	806	904	2,307
Technology	318	441	1,619

Notes:

1. Figures for undergraduate and postgraduate cannot be combined as applicants can make up to six applications through UCAS, but only one application through GTTR.

2. Postgraduate end of year figures exclude applications made direct to the ITT provider.

3. Undergraduate end of year figures exclude applications made at the clearing stage.

4. Technology includes Design and Technology, Engineering, Computer Studies, Business Studies, Commerce, Home Economics and Needlecraft.

Source:

Graduate Teacher Training Registry

These figures show that at the equivalent time last year, only about a third of final applications had been recorded for postgraduate subjects in Mathematics, Science and Technology and under half for courses in Modern Foreign Languages. Over the last five years there has been a trend for secondary initial teacher training postgraduate applications to be made later in the year.

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