§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many applications there were from(a) teachers already in service and (b) others for the Fast Track teaching scheme by 31 December 2001 broken down by subject. [30281]
§ Mr. TimmsApplications to the second recruitment round of the Fast Track Teaching Programme were as follows.
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Subject Number of applications Primary 217 Secondary Geography 36 Art 13 Science 149 Business and Economics 18 Design and Technology 19 English 118 Modern Foreign Languages 63 History 86 IT 30 Maths 79 Music 11 PE 4 RE 10 Unspecified 53 Total 906 Where applications arrived after the closing date of 31 December 2001, but had been delayed for reasons beyond the applicants' control, they were accepted up to 7 January 2002. Processing of applications from teachers already in service had not begun by 31 December 2001.