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Sure Start Programme: Expenditure

Mrs. Maria Miller: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what expenditure on Sure Start was in 2006-07; and how much has been allocated to the programme in 2007-08. [164805]

Beverley Hughes: Sure Start expenditure for 2006-07 and 2007-08 is shown in the table. Total expenditure includes Sure Start local programmes, child care, some nursery education funding and Sure Start Children's Centres.

Sure Start current and capital expenditure
	Amount (£ million)
2006-07	1,384
2007-08	1,645

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Teachers: Qualifications

Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) whether he proposes to raise the minimum level of qualifications required for teachers in maintained schools; and if he will make a statement; [163315]

(2) what data his Department hold on the qualifications achieved by those applying for initial teacher training programmes; and if he will make a statement; [163316]

(3) how many entrants to initial teacher training programmes had (a) English, (b) mathematics and (c) science GCSE grades of (i) A/A*, (ii) B and (iii) C in each year from 2000-01 to 2007-08; and if he will make a statement. [163317]

Jim Knight: The minimum qualifications for those entering teacher training were reviewed in 2006 and were reflected in revisions to the Secretary of State's Requirements for Initial Teacher Training which have operated since September 2007 and can be found at http://www.tda.gov.uk/partners/ittstandards.aspx?keywords=requirements+for+itt. We have no current plans to review these again.

The amount of data held centrally on the qualifications achieved by those applying for initial teacher training programmes is limited because the Requirements for Initial Teacher Training place the onus on ITT providers to ensure that they only accept candidates who reach the required minimum standards. Information that is held centrally on qualification levels of people beginning undergraduate and postgraduate initial teacher training is given at Annexes A and B. No data are held centrally on the GCSE subjects and grades of entrants for the same reason, but all must have reached the required minimum of grade C or equivalent to be accepted.

Teachers: Recruitment

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what new incentives are to be offered to teachers to teach in unpopular schools further to the Prime Minister’s announcement of 31 October 2007. [164526]

Jim Knight: The forthcoming Children’s Plan will set out the Government’s ambition for school improvement and how the Department for Children Schools and Families will drive the necessary changes across the schools system.

Teachers: Training

Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the (a) target and (b) outturn numbers of recruits to initial teacher training in each secondary school subject were in each year since 2001/02; what the target is for 2007/08; and if he will make a statement. [163433]

Jim Knight: (a) The following table shows the targets set for recruitment to mainstream Initial Teacher Training (ITT) in each secondary subject for each academic year between 2001/02 and 2007/08:

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Initial teacher training places( 1) : Academic years 2000/01 to 2007/08—England
	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06	2006/07	2007/08
Secondary(1)	17,390	17,790	19,475	19,500	18,500	17,500	16,500
of which:
Mathematics	1,940	1,940	2,315	2,350	2,350	2,350	2,350
English (including Drama)	2,160	2,350	2,350	2,350	2,200	2,040	1,920
Science	2,810	2,850	3,225	3,225	3,225	3,225	3,225
Modern foreign languages	2,050	2,050	2,050	2,050	1,900	1,790	1,670
Technology	2,150	2,500	2,850	2,895	2,890	2,730	2,515
of which( 2) :
Design and Technology	—	—	—	1,085	1,060	1,010	930
Information and communications technology	—	—	—	1,050	1,100	1,040	985
Business Studies	—	—	—	760	730	680	600
History	900	950	950	910	810	700	600
Geography	1,175	1,100	985	935	925	850	770
Physical Education	1,200	1,200	1,500	1,500	1,450	1,310	1,180
Art	850	850	900	880	800	700	600
Music	705	700	700	725	690	640	600
Religious Education	650	700	700	730	730	695	665
Citizenship	—	200	250	250	240	230	220
Economics, Social Sciences, Classics, Other subjects	450	300	300	300	290	240	185
Vocational subjects(3)	—	—	—	400	—	—	—
Margin of flexibility/Secondary reserve(4)	350	100	400	—	—	—	—
(1) Includes SCITT but excludes employment-based routes. (2) Number of places for individual technology subjects is not available before 2004/05. (3) Places for vocational subjects in 2006/07 are included with the allocation for related academic subject: Science includes places for applied science, design and technology includes both manufacturing and engineering, ICT includes applied ICT, business studies includes applied business, geography includes leisure and tourism, art includes applied art and other subjects includes health and social care. In 2004/05 places for vocational subjects were shown separately. In 2003/04 the margin of flexibility included places for a vocational subjects pilot. (4) The margin of flexibility/secondary reserve constituted places that the TDA could allocate to any secondary subject, to support providers whose baselines would otherwise be below economic levels; to ensure the appropriate denominational balance; and to help providers with a high proportion of places in shortage subjects and who therefore had particular uncertainty of income. Source: DfES

(b) Recruitment figures to mainstream ITT courses in each secondary school subject each academic year between 2001/02 and 2006/07 are shown in the table as follows:

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Recruitment to initial teacher training courses( 1,2) : Academic years 2000/01 to 2006/07—England
	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06	2006/07
Secondary by subject
Mathematics	1,550	1,670	1,940	2,030	1,920	2,000
English (inc. Drama)	2,220	2,480	2,420	2,380	2,110	2,210
Science (4)	2,590	2,700	2,870	2,830	2,890	2,990
General sciences	—	—	—	—	—	1,180
Biology	—	—	—	—	—	930
Chemistry	—	—	—	—	—	530
Physics	—	—	—	—	—	350
Modern foreign languages	1,710	1,730	1,820	1,620	1,500	1,500
Technology (5)	2,160	2,400	2,670	2,610	2,510	2,580
History	920	990	1,000	910	850	730
Geography	1,030	950	990	900	820	760
Physical education	1,330	1,330	1,590	1,530	1,530	1,410
Art	840	890	930	860	780	630
Music	650	600	620	600	620	660
Religious education	590	580	590	630	660	790
Citizenship(6)	150	190	220	240	220	230
Other (7)	230	170	230	250	360	230
Vocational subjects (8)	—	—	160	280	340	330
Total	15,980	16,670	18,050	17,670	17,110	17,040
Fast Track (3)	80	90	240	310	330	—
Grand total	16,060	16,760	18,290	17,980	17,440	17,040
(1) Recruitment figures for 2006/07 are provisional and are subject to change. (2) Includes Universities and other HE institutions, SCITT and OU, but excludes employment based routes. Recruitment numbers shown are rounded to the nearest 10. (3) 2001/02 was the first year of Fast Track recruitment. The programme ended in 2005/06. (4) Prior to 2006/07, the breakdown for science subjects was not available. (5) Technology includes design and technology, information and communications technology, business studies, graphics, textiles and food technology. (6) 2001/02 was the first year of recruitment for citizenship. (7) Other includes classics, dance, economics, media, performing arts and social studies. (8) Vocational subjects includes applied art and design, leisure and tourism, applied ICT, applied science, applied business, engineering, manufacturing, and health and social care. Sources: TDA’s ITT Trainee Numbers Census 2000/01 - 2006/07

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