HC Deb 18 July 1985 vol 83 cc239-40W
Mr. Lyell

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many applicants there were for the postgraduate certificate in education course for 1985–86 in (a) mathematics and (b) physics; and how the applications for this coming year compare with those for the years 1984–85 and 1983–84.

Mr. Dunn

As at 10 July the numbers of applications received by the graduate teacher training registry for entry in September 1985 to postgraduate certificate in education courses in mathematics and physics were 1,119 and 474 respectively. The corresponding figures for September 1984 entry were 1,420 and 657; and for September 1983 entry 1,634 and 747.