HC Deb 10 July 2001 vol 371 cc455-6W
Diana Organ

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills of those students successfully completing a(a) BEd. and (b) teacher training course, how many found employment in (i) schools and (ii) the further education sector in (A) September 2000, (B) September 1999 and (C) September 1993. [2405]

Mr. Timms

Successful completers of ITT courses in England1 in 1993 who entered service up to 31 March 1994 and successful completers of ITT courses in England1 in 1998 who entered service up to 31 March 1999 (the latest date at which information is available) are as follows:

Calendar year completed course Maintained schools Further Education2
BEd
19933 5,510 30
19984 6,440 30
PGCE
19933 9,910 220
19984 10,820 130
Total
19933 15,410 240
19984 17,260 160
As a percentage of all QTS completers
19933 71 1
19984 70 1
1 Includes those trained through the Open University
2 In addition there are part-time teachers in Further Education whose service is not recorded, as they are not members of the Teachers Pension Scheme
3 Includes 163 teachers who trained in England and entered service in maintained schools or FE in Wales
4 Includes 148 teachers who trained in England and entered service in maintained schools or FE in Wales

Other teachers successfully completing a course of ITT will have found employment in the independent schools sector, the HE sector, or in Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man.

Dr. Kumar

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment she has made of the problems of recruitment and retention of lecturers in the further education sector; and what action she proposes to take. [2598]

Margaret Hodge

[holding answer 9 July 2001]: We have supported financially a project commissioned by the Association of Colleges, "National Review of Staffing and Pay in Further Education", which was undertaken in conjunction with the nationally recognised trade unions for further education (excluding sixth form colleges). We acknowledge that colleges need help to ensure that they have the right arrangements to recruit, reward and retain excellent teachers. Starting this year, significant extra resources amounting to an additional £300 million over the next three years have been made available to the further education sector to reward high calibre staff through our Teaching Pay Initiative, £44 million of which will be shared by sixth form colleges. The total figure is over and above the annual pay round. In addition, we plan to implement arrangements for FE teachers of shortage subjects to benefit from golden hellos comparable to those already in schools and from arrangements we are piloting to help new entrants to the profession to pay off their student loans.