Mr. Michael J. FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many students enrolled for PE teacher training (secondary) in each year since 1980. [67740]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe following table shows the number of new entrants to physical education (PE) initial teacher training for the years 1982–83 to 1998–99. Information for 1980–81 and 1981–82 is not available.
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Recruitment to physical education initial training courses1, England, 1982–83 to 1998–99 Year Intake 1982–832 866 1983–842 745 1984–852 711 1985–862 700 1986–872 738 1987–882 848 1988–892 863 1989–902 964 1990–912 898 1991–922 1,078 1992–933 1,153 1993–943 1,084 1994–953 1,309 1995–963 1,311 1996–973 1,384 1997–983 1,644 1998–993,4 1,491 1 Includes School Centred ITT and Open University 2 Between 1982–83 and 1991–92 all figures represent full-time equivalents 3 From 1992–93 to 1998–99 figures represent head-counts; that is the total of full-time and part-time recruitment 4 Provisional Sources:
1982–83 to 1993–94: DFE Annual Recruitment Survey
1994–95: Higher Education Funding Council for England's (HEFCE) Early Statistics Survey
1995–96 to 1998–99: TTA Survey of ITT Providers
Mr. Michael J. FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what funding there is for in-service education for physical education. [67739]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThis information is not collected or held centrally.
Mr. Michael J. FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to his answer of 15 December 1998,Official Report, column 482, how many hours of training are given to primary teachers to deliver the whole physical education curriculum. [67858]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeWe do not specify the amount of training to be given for any subject. It is for individual providers of primary initial teacher training to ensure that their courses enable trainees to meet the standards for the award of Qualified Teacher Status.