§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was(a) the target and (b) the actual intake for teachers in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools, broken down into subjects, in each year from 1990–91, with such figures as are available for 1996–97. [37782]
§ Mr. Robin Squire[holding answer 18 July 1996]: The number of teachers who entered teaching in mainstream nursery, primary and secondary schools in England and Wales for the first time each year from 1990–91 to 1993–94 are given in the table. The Secretary of State does not set targets for entrants into teaching.
New entrants into full-time and part-time teaching in the nursery, primary and secondary sector 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 Subject (1) Maintained nursery and primary sector Maths 267 303 296 362 English 1,232 1,315 1,501 1,734 Science 1,002 1,008 1,042 1,302 MFL 218 202 235 253 Technical 127 168 227 265 History 558 587 624 771 Geography 418 429 485 542 Art 451 445 555 610 Music 288 329 300 323 RE 277 270 237 328 PE 172 232 253 319 Other 2,141 2,409 2,082 1,768 Not known2 1,115 784 847 867 Total 8,266 8,481 8,684 9,444 Maintained secondary sector Maths 675 665 832 1,055 English 846 939 1,044 1,138 Science 1,137 1,149 1,311 1,512 MFL 669 742 930 1,071 Technical 755 693 778 1,112 History 332 393 433 536 Geography 264 259 375 416 Art 311 301 349 368 Music 237 249 293 320 RE 209 202 243 275 PE 538 580 624 608 Other 348 309 327 372 Not known2 421 329 261 413 Total 6,742 6,810 7,800 9,196 1 Subject of ITT where known otherwise subject of first degree. 2 Includes non-graduates. 3 Figures as at March of each year.