HC Deb 25 April 2002 vol 384 cc416-7W
Mr. Liddell-Grainger

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of the teachers brought into the profession since 1997 had no teacher training qualifications. [50936]

Mr. Timms

7.2 per cent. of the teachers who joined the teachers pension scheme and taught for the first time in the English maintained schools sector between 31 March 1997 and 31 March 2000 did not have qualified teacher status (QTS) at 31 March 2000. These figures are the most recent available and are provisional.

Some teachers gain QTS after entering the profession.

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