§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many people(a) applied for places on teacher training courses in England and Wales and (b) successfully completed teacher training courses in each year since 1992; and if he will make a statement. [7295]
§ Mr. ForthThe available information is given in the following tables.
Applicants to initial teacher training1 courses England and Wales Courses starting in Autumn of: 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Postgraduate 31,700 34,400 32,400 33,800 33,200 Undergraduate2 n/a n/a n/a n/a 34,000 Total n/a n/a n/a n/a 67,300 1Includes School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) applicants only if applying through the Graduate Teacher Training Registry (GTTR). 2Reliable undergraduate information is not available prior to 1996. n/a = not available. 672W
Number and percentage of children under five years of age in maintained nursery and primary schools in England January 1996 Number of pupils Nursery schools Primary schools Nursery classes Other classes Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Full-time Part-time Camden 43 34 531 441 984 0 Greenwich 344 334 458 2,208 1,087 16 Hackney 62 88 776 1,316 1,585 12 Hammersmith and Fulham 322 231 621 557 558 1 Islington 159 159 983 607 1,475 0 Kensington and Chelsea 174 76 430 171 368 0 Lambeth 190 260 546 1,437 1,020 36 Lewisham 100 130 417 2,106 1,065 58 Southwark 225 270 734 1,836 2,060 0 Tower Hamlets 446 260 1,763 1,076 1,531 16 Wandsworth 120 86 809 1,372 1,662 6 Westminster 45 150 464 587 529 15 Barking and Dagenham 0 0 3 2,098 1,543 0 Barnet 24 557 1 1,962 2,047 106 Bexley 0 0 9 1,524 2,016 6 Brent 218 2 772 1,608 2,064 2 Bromley 0 0 6 177 2,393 2 Croydon 0 500 0 1,648 2,864 24 Ealing 16 455 0 3,350 2,458 0 Enfield 0 0 0 1,682 2,376 41 Haringey 163 35 503 2,068 1,867 38 Harrow 0 0 0 1,029 1,605 0 Havering 0 0 14 538 1,943 0 Hillingdon 0 120 2 3,261 46 105 Hounslow 0 0 3 2,393 1,691 2 Kingston upon Thames 60 151 6 1,117 504 570 Merton 0 0 0 2,711 763 244 Newham 99 890 79 3,507 1,278 1 Redbridge 0 0 26 1,404 1,319 188 Richmond upon Thames 5 67 0 791 92 1,068 Sutton 0 240 8 1,701 69 5 Waltham Forest 39 286 97 2,395 1,034 17
Numbers of successful completers from initial teacher training1 courses England and Wales Calendar year 1992 1993 1994 1995 19962 Postgraduate 13,600 15,100 16,200 17,300 n/a Undergraduate2 7,400 8,300 9,400 10,500 n/a Total 20,900 23,400 25,600 27,700 n/a 1Includes SCITT completers. 2Information not yet available. n/a = not available.