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Teachers: Training
Mr. Graham Stuart: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many applications for teacher training courses beginning in September 2008 have been made; how many were made in each of the previous five years; what assessment he has made of trends in the numbers of applications; and if he will make a statement. [206231]
Jim Knight: The total number of applications to Initial Teacher Training (ITT) in England is not available centrally. The number of applicants to mainstream postgraduate ITT is collected; however the number of applicants to mainstream undergraduate ITT courses is not available. The number of applications for employment based ITT (EBITT) is not collected centrally. The numbers of trainees recruited to all ITT courses which will commence in 2008-09 are collected by the TDA and will be published by the Department in January 2009.
The following table show the number of applicants to mainstream postgraduate ITT courses in England for the academic year 2008-09 as at 7 May 2008, therefore this is not the final figure for applicants for 2008-09. Final data will be available in February 2009.
| Number of applicants as at 7 May 2008 | |
| Notes: 1. Figures are founded to the nearest 10. 2. Some applications for Postgraduate ITT courses are made independently of the Graduate Teacher Training Registry and are not included in the figures. 3. Membership to the GTTR changes between years, therefore the higher education institutes covered may vary. 4. An applicant to ITT courses can make one or more application. Source: Graduate Teacher Training Registry (GTTR) | |
The following table shows the number of applicants to postgraduate ITT in England for entry in 2003-04 to 2007-08.
| Number of applicants to postgraduate ITT courses in England for 2003-07 | |||||
| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |
| Notes: 1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Some applications for Postgraduate ITT courses are made independently of the Graduate Teacher Training Registry and are not included in the figures. 3. Membership to the GTTR changes between years, therefore the higher education institutes covered may vary. 4. An applicant to ITT courses can make one or more application. Source: Graduate Teacher Training Registry (GTTR) | |||||
The number of people accepting offers to ITT courses is a more important indicator of take up rate than applications. Year on year changes in the number of acceptances between 2003-04 and 2007-08 have
broadly reflected changes in ITT recruitment targets. While acceptances on PGCE courses for 2008-09 are a few percentage points down on last year, there are also fewer places on offer. The following table shows the number of successful mainstream postgraduate applicants in England.
| Number of acceptances to postgraduate ITT courses in England for 2003 to 2007 | |||||
| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |
| Source: Graduate Teacher Training Registry (GTTR) | |||||
The figures are published on the GTTR website at:
Mr. Graham Stuart: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of newly-qualified teachers did not take up a teaching position in each of the last five years; what the average cost of training a teacher was in that period; and if he will make a statement. [206232]
Jim Knight: The following table provides the percentage of teachers who achieved qualified teacher status in England in each calendar year from 2001 to 2005 who were not recorded as being in teaching service of any description in England and Wales by the following March. Figures for 2004 and 2005 are provisional and may overestimate the percentage who were not in service as a result of the late receipt of information.
Analysis of figures for earlier years shows that over 90 per cent. of teachers who achieve qualified teacher status enter teaching service of some description eventually.
| Number of teachers achieving qualified teacher status (QTS)( 1) in England by calendar year who were not in service in England or Wales( 2) by the following March | |
| Year of qualification | Percentage not in service |
| (1) Includes teachers achieving QTS through college and employment based routes. (2) Teachers in service include those in full or part-time service in England and Wales in the maintained sector, independent and the further or higher education. A small number of teachers may not be recorded in service who are teaching in institutions in England and Wales that are not part of the Teachers Pensions Scheme or who have gone into teaching service in Northern Ireland, Scotland or overseas. (3) Provisional. Source: Database of Teachers Records and GTOE | |
Information on how much it costs an initial teacher training (ITT) provider to train a teacher is not available centrally. The Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA) allocates and pays funding to providers but it is a matter for them to determine how they deploy that funding and other income received by them for the provision of teacher training,.
To provide an indication of costs, the following table shows the unit of funding allocated and paid by the TDA in academic year (AY) 2007-08 for a one-year mathematics, one-year science and, by the way of comparison, a one-year geography postgraduate ITT course. This is the national rate and rates for London based ITT will be higher (5 per cent. higher for outer London and 8 per cent. higher for inner London). Training bursaries are available for some subjects.
| £ | ||
| Subject | Unit of Funding | Bursary |
In addition to the funding paid by the TDA, providers can also charge up to £3,070 (dependant on their access agreement) in tuition fees from individual trainees. Also trainees will be entitled to apply for loans to cover fees and loans and grants for maintenance as part of the standard student support arrangements.
Teachers: Vacancies
John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many teaching posts in maintained schools in England were vacant at the latest date for which figures are available. [206937]
Jim Knight: The latest available information shows that there were 2,510 teaching posts vacant in January 2008, This figure can be found in table 6 of the Statistical First Release ‘School Workforce in England’ at:
Mr. Evennett: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many teaching posts in maintained schools in (a) Greater London and (b) the London Borough of Bexley were vacant at the latest date for which figures are available. [207126]
Jim Knight: The latest available information shows that there were 530 vacancies in London and there were 14 vacancies in the London borough of Bexley in January 2007. These figures can be found in table 19 of the Statistical First Release ‘School Workforce in England’ at:
Young People
Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 12 March 2008, Official Report, column 405W, whether each of the two staff are receiving at least one day of training or education each week. [205515]
Kevin Brennan:
My answer of 12 March explained that the Department employed two full time staff who were under 18 years of age, However the current position is that one left the Department on 31 March and the other is now over 18 years of age. Records of specific time spent on training or education, including
day release, are not kept centrally; however inquiries indicate full induction and appropriate levels of training, including on-the-job training for the specific posts held, amounting to at least an average of one day a week training or education,
The Department is committed to encouraging young people to have the best possible start to their working lives and staff are directed to guidance on support for time off for study or training on the Department's main website.
Olympics
Olympic Games: China
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Minister for the Olympics pursuant to the answer of 3 December 2007, Official Report, column 758W, on Olympic Games: China, what specific exceptions the Beijing Olympic Games Organising Committee referred to during discussions on their commitment to the free movement of accredited and non-accredited journalists. [206959]
Tessa Jowell: Media regulations implemented in China on 1 January 2007 apply to all foreign correspondents. The regulations temporarily lift restrictions on travel and the requirement to seek official permission for interviews up to and during the Olympics. We regularly urge the Chinese government to ensure the regulations are fully implemented in all regions (including Tibet), that they remain in place after the Olympics and be extended to China's domestic journalists.
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Minister for the Olympics pursuant to the answer of 12 May 2008, Official Report, column 1059, on the Beijing Olympic Games, what assessment she has made of China's compliance with its commitment to the International Olympic Committee to ensure the free movement of accredited and non-accredited journalists in the run-up to the Olympics. [206970]
Tessa Jowell: We welcomed the media regulations implemented in China on 1 January 2007 for foreign correspondents that temporarily lift restrictions on travel and the requirement to seek official permission for interviews up to and during the Olympics. We regularly urge the Chinese government to ensure the regulations are fully implemented in all regions (including Tibet), that they will remain in place after the Olympics and be extended to China's domestic journalists. The Foreign Secretary did so most recently during his visit to China in February. I raised this during my last visit to Beijing in November 2007, when I also mentioned the practical effect of the arrangements with British journalists resident in Beijing. I continue to raise this, most recently during the Chinese Minister for Information's visit to the UK in March.
Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Minister for the Olympics how many Government officials will accompany her to the Beijing Olympic Games; what the purpose of each individual's attendance is; and what estimate she has made of the costs associated with such attendance. [206976]
Tessa Jowell: All ministerial travel is undertaken in accordance with the Ministerial Code and Travel by Ministers, copies of which are available in the Library.
I will be accompanied by one Private Secretary to both the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games. I will also be working closely with the officials from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, including press officers and staff from the Government Olympic Executive.
I would also refer the hon. Member to the answer being given to him today by my hon. Friend the Minister of Sport about attendance at the Beijing Games.
House of Commons Commission
Apprentices
Mr. Willetts: To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission how many (a) apprenticeships and (b) advanced apprenticeships there were in the House of Commons in the most recent year for which figures are available. [206798]
Nick Harvey: The House at present has three full-time advanced apprentices in the Craft Team within the Facilities Department. Currently, one apprentice (hot-water fitter) is working on NVQ level 3 and the two others (carpenter/joiners) are working on NVQ level 2.
For the past five years the House has also run a 'pre-apprenticeship scheme' sponsored by Mr. Speaker. This scheme offers students from Southwark, an opportunity to spend one day per week for one school year in a work area of their choice. The scheme is being further developed for October 2008 so that the students who come to the House—around 10 to 12 per year—will spend two years here rather than one and will complete the first level of a modern apprenticeship.
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