HC Deb 06 December 1999 vol 340 c419W
Mr. Willis

To 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