§ Mr. SteinbergTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how many public school teachers were trained at a cost to public funds; and what is the current cost of a three-year teacher training course.
§ Mr. ForthData on the number of teachers in public schools who were trained at a cost to public funds are not held centrally. The estimated average cost at 1991–92 prices of training a teacher in a higher education institution outside London through a three-year under-graduate course is about £19,000. The majority of undergraduate initial teacher training courses arc of four years' duration.