HC Deb 10 April 1989 vol 150 cc341-2W
Mr. Straw

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what will be the estimated number of people graduating with first degrees in each of the years 1989 to 1995; and what number and what proportion of these totals for each year will need to be recruited into teaching to maintain current pupil to teacher ratios, on the assumption that relative pay and wastage continues at current levels.

Mr. Kenneth Baker

[holding answer 6 April 1989]: The latest available projections of the total numbers of first degree graduates in Great Britain, including Open university and overseas graduates, were published in the Government's expenditure plans 1989–90 to 1991–92 (Cm. 612). The numbers are shown below.

Thousands
1989 133
1990 135
1991 136
1992 138

The proportions of these graduates who will need to be recruited into teaching in order to maintain current pupil-teacher ratios will depend in part on the number of recruits from sources other than newly trained graduates.