§ Mr. PickthallTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many teachers qualified in 1995; and how many entrants into teaching in summer 1995 were categorised as(a) undergraduate primary, higher education institute based, (b) undergraduate secondary, HEI based, (c) licensed teacher, primary non-graduate, (d) licensed teacher, secondary non-graduate, (e) licensed teacher, primary already graduate, (f) licensed teacher, secondary already graduate, (g) articled teacher, primary, (h) articled teacher, 99W secondary, (i) post-graduate certificate of education, HEI based, (j) PGCE secondary, HEI based, (k) Open university, PGCE primary, (l) Open university, PGCE secondary, (m) school centred initial teacher training, primary and (n) SCITT, secondary. [34262]
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe latest information available for new entrants to teaching with qualified teacher status in England and Wales is for the year April 1993 to March 1994. The data have been obtained from the database of teacher records. There were no entrants qualified through the Open university or school centred initial teacher training in 1993. Comparable figures are quoted for newly qualified teachers.
Teachers gaining qualified teacher status Calendar year Number 1993 24,200 1994 26,300
New entrants with qualified teacher status, 1993, by age range of training Primary Secondary Not known Postgraduate 4,250 7,010 1— Undergraduate 5,180 1,510 1— Articled 110 80 0 Qualified through the licensed teachers scheme Graduate 1— 10 1— Other 3- 50 1— Other Qualified 0 0 610 1 Numbers less than 5.