§ Mr. McNallyasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what was the total expenditure on (a) in-service training and (b) initial teacher training in England in each of the past five years.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe only information available on total expenditure on in-service training is from the Department's 1979 survey of induction and in-service training which showed that total local authority expenditure on in-service training in the financial year 1978–79 in England was £51 million at outturn prices. This figure excludes net institutional expenditure by universities and voluntary colleges on the provision of in-service courses which cannot be separately identified. The expenditure covered training for the full-time equivalent of 4,900 teachers. The survey is to be repeated next year,338W but available evidence indicates that the numbers of teachers released for in-service training have been broadly maintained.
The costs of initial teacher training are not precisely identifiable within higher education and vary widely between institutions. However, the total gross cost of initial teacher training, including the cost of first degree students who subsequently enter PGCE courses, for each of the last five years is estimated to be approximately as follows*
£ million (outturn prices) 1976–77 225 1977–78 210 1978–79 195 1979–80 200 1980–81 235 * Excludes the maintainance element of mandatory and discretionary awards for students.