HC Deb 30 January 1990 vol 166 c158W
52. Mr. David Evans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many people were recruited onto teacher training courses in England and Wales in 1989 and 1988.

Mr. Alan Howarth

A total of 21,757 students started initial teacher training courses in September 1989—an increase of 1,574 on the corresponding 1988 total of 20,183.