§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the numbers of university and polytechnic graduates who have started teachers' training courses in each academic year since 1978–79.
§ Mr. DunnOn the basis of the available information, the number of students entering postgraduate courses of initial teacher training in each academic year since 1978–79 is estimated as follows:
Number 1978–79 9,337 1979–80 9,441 1980–81 11,278 1981–82 11,333 1982–83 8,887 1983–84 8,414 1984–85 8,572 Information is not available for each of these years on the number of such students who completed their first degrees in universities and in public sector institutions respectively.