§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many(a) maths and (b) science trainee teachers have been placed in the employment-based route to teaching schemes in each of the three terms of the 1998–99 school year; and what was the average cost per place in each of those terms. [100908]
§ Ms Estelle Morris[holding answer 2 December 1999]: In the school year 1998–99, the number of training plans approved for the Graduate and Registered Teacher Programmes from people who had secured a placement to teach mathematics or science was as follows:
Term Mathematics Science Autumn 1998 15 9 Spring 1999 9 11 Summer 1999 8 11 The average termly training grant for maths and science programmes approved during 1998–99 was:
Term Cost (£) Autumn 1998 1,075.41 Spring 1999 1,051.75 Summer 1999 1,206.53