HC Deb 01 February 1999 vol 324 cc481-2W
Mr. Michael J. Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many students enrolled for PE teacher training (secondary) in each year since 1980. [67740]

Ms Estelle Morris

The following table shows the number of new entrants to physical education (PE) initial teacher training for the years 1982–83 to 1998–99. Information for 1980–81 and 1981–82 is not available.

Recruitment to physical education initial training courses1, England, 1982–83 to 1998–99
Year Intake
1982–832 866
1983–842 745
1984–852 711
1985–862 700
1986–872 738
1987–882 848
1988–892 863
1989–902 964
1990–912 898
1991–922 1,078
1992–933 1,153
1993–943 1,084
1994–953 1,309
1995–963 1,311
1996–973 1,384
1997–983 1,644
1998–993,4 1,491
1 Includes School Centred ITT and Open University
2 Between 1982–83 and 1991–92 all figures represent full-time equivalents
3 From 1992–93 to 1998–99 figures represent head-counts; that is the total of full-time and part-time recruitment
4 Provisional

Sources:

1982–83 to 1993–94: DFE Annual Recruitment Survey

1994–95: Higher Education Funding Council for England's (HEFCE) Early Statistics Survey

1995–96 to 1998–99: TTA Survey of ITT Providers

Mr. Michael J. Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what funding there is for in-service education for physical education. [67739]

Mr. Charles Clarke

This information is not collected or held centrally.

Mr. Michael J. Foster

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, pursuant to his answer of 15 December 1998,Official Report, column 482, how many hours of training are given to primary teachers to deliver the whole physical education curriculum. [67858]

Mr. Charles Clarke

We do not specify the amount of training to be given for any subject. It is for individual providers of primary initial teacher training to ensure that their courses enable trainees to meet the standards for the award of Qualified Teacher Status.