§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many(a) postgraduate and (b) undergraduate ITT places were unfilled in (i) 1996 and (ii) 1997. [18554]
§ Ms Estelle Morris[holding answer 1 December 1997]The information requested is shown in the following tables.
Table 1: Recruitment to ITT in 1996 UG PG Primary Targets allocated to providers by TTA 7,018 4,492 New entrants 7,619 4,862 Number of unfilled places 0 0 Secondary Targets allocated to providers by TTA 3,081 15,689 New entrants 2,492 13,556 Number of unfilled places 589 2,133
Table 2: Recruitment to ITT in 1997 UG PG Primary Targets allocated to providers by TTA 6,637 4,386 New entrants 7,072 4,677 Number of unfilled places 0 0 Secondary Targets allocated to providers by TTA 3,335 15,834 New entrants 2,543 13,423 Number of unfilled places 792 2,411 Data for 1997 are provisional.
§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list the unfilled places on school-centred initial teacher training courses as a percentage of all places in each subject in(a) 1996 and (b) 1997. [18553]
§ Ms Estelle Morris[holding answer 1 December 1997]The information requested is shown in the following table.
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1996 SCITT Target Entrants Percentage under recruitment Primary 165 170 0 Maths 81 38 53.09 English 63 55 12.70 Science 91 75 17.58 Modem languages 33 25 24.24 Technology 103 41 60.19 History 18 19 0 Geography 28 20 28.57 PE 44 49 0 Art 7 5 28.57
1996 SCITT Target Entrants Percentage under recruitment Music 12 6 50.00 RE 49 27 44.90 Other 8 8 0 Total Secondary 537 368 31.47