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2. Undergraduate ITT trainees
Number of undergraduate final year trainees who have not gained QTS

Total number of mainstream trainees in their final year Number of mainstream final year trainees gaining QTS Known not to have completed course Undefined outcome Other outcome Total

1998/99

9,770

8,910

50

340

470

860

1999/2000

7,490

6,850

40

210

390

640

2000/01

7,040

6,490

40

240

270

550

2001/02

6,870

6,340

40

0

490

530

2002/03

6,980

6,250

40

*

690

730

2003/04

6,380

5,880

50

0

460

500

2004/05

6,160

5,360

20

0

770

790

2005/06

6,120

5,410

20

10

680

710

2006/07

6,690

5,900

40

0

750

790

* = Less than 5.
Notes:
1. Includes trainees from Universities and other Higher Education Institutions, School and Open Universities but exclude Employment Based Routes (EBR).
2. Numbers are individually rounded to the nearest 10 and therefore may not sum.
3. ‘Other outcome’ includes final year trainees who are yet to complete their course, those with withheld QTS (including those where their skills test were not met, their standards were not met and where both their standards and skills test were not met) and those where the skills test has not been taken (including those whose standards were met and those whose standards were not met).
Source:
TDA Performance Profiles

3. Employment Based R outes (EBR) trainees
Number of EBR final year trainees who have not gained QTS

Total number of mainstream trainees in their final year Number of mainstream final year trainees gaining QTS Known not to have completed course Undefined outcome Other outcome Total

2001/02

2,440

2,210

30

0

190

230

2002/03

4,030

3,670

340

0

20

360

2003/04

4,950

4,470

440

0

30

470

2004/05

7,220

6,600

260

0

350

610

2005/06

6,970

6,090

420

0

450

870

2006/07

7,840

7,120

350

0

380

720

Notes:
1. Includes trainees through Employment Based Routes (EBR) only.
2. Numbers are individually rounded to the nearest 10 and therefore may not sum.
3. ‘Other outcome’ includes final year trainees who are yet to complete their course, those with withheld QTS (including those where their skills test were not met, their standards were not met and where both their standards and skills test were not met) and those where the skills test has not been taken (including those whose standards were met and those whose standards were not met).
Source:
TDA Performance Profiles

Communities and Local Government

British Humanist Association

Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what meetings Ministers in her Department have had with the British Humanist Association in the last 36 months. [274781]

Mr. Khan: I met the British Humanist Association on 10 February 2009 to discuss a range of issues. My predecessor, the hon. Member for Gloucester (Mr. Dhanda), met the organisation on 12 November 2007.

Commission for Local Administration in England

Sammy Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the cost to her Department of the Office of the local government ombudsman has been in each of the last five years. [274779]

John Healey: The amount of grant paid by this Department to the local government ombudsman from 2004-05 to 2008-09 is set out in the Local Government Finance Report and is as follows:

£

2004-05

11,058,000

2005-06

11,522,400

2006-07

13,221,000

2007-08

12,851,000

2008-09

12,600,000


For 2009-10 we have made provision in the Main Estimates of £16,155,000 for grants to the local government ombudsman, including a provision for possible future redundancies and a provision to fund the additional remit the ombudsman will have for schools and health matters, if and when the relevant provisions in the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill and Health Bill currently before Parliament are enacted and come into force.

Council Tax

Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what was the (a) percentage and (b) cash rise in (i) average B and D council tax in England and (ii) average council tax per dwelling in England in (A) absolute and (B) real terms in each year since 1997-98. [274768]

John Healey: Information on the change in both percentage and cash terms in the average band D council tax in England and the average council tax per dwelling in England in both absolute and real terms in each year since 1997-98 is shown in the tables.


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Absolute change Real terms change( 1)

£ Percentage £ Percentage

Band D, two adults for area

1997-98(2)

42

6.5

36

4.0

1998-99(2)

59

8.6

41

4.4

1999-2000

51

6.8

51

5.1

2000-01

49

6.1

32

3.1

2001-02

54

6.4

48

4.5

2002-03

75

8.2

75

6.7

2003-04

126

12.9

112

9.5

2004-05(2)

65

5.9

43

3.3

2005-06(2)

47

4.1

11

0.8

2006-07

54

4.5

25

1.9

2007-08

53

4.2

-4

-0.3

2008-09(2)

52

3.9

-4

-0.3

2009-10

41

3.0

Average dwelling

1997-98(2)

39

7.4

36

4.9

1998-99(2)

50

8.9

36

4.6

1999-2000

42

6.8

42

5.2

2000-01

41

6.3

27

3.2

2001-02

44

6.3

39

4.5

2002-03

63

8.5

63

6.9

2003-04

104

12.9

93

9.5

2004-05(2)

59

6.5

42

3.9

2005-06(2)

42

4.3

12

1.1

2006-07

47

4.7

23

2.0

2007-08

45

4.3

-2

-0.2

2008-09(2)

44

4.0

-2

-0.2

2009-10

30

2.6

(1) Adjusted using the all items retail prices index (RPI) as at April each year and based on April 2008 prices.
(2) Amounts shown are after the designation of authorities requiring them to recalculate their budget requirement and council tax.
Source:
BR1, BR2, BR3 and CTB returns

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