§ Mr. ClappisonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many recruits for the teaching of(a) Physics, (b) Chemistry and (c) Biology in secondary schools were recruited into initial teacher training courses in each of the last five years. [107176]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThere are no national data available for secondary initial teacher training courses in Physics, Chemistry and Biology. Data are available for secondary initial teacher training Science courses. Recruitment to Science for England over the last five years is given in the table.
Year Number 1995–96 2,794 1996–97 2,937 1997–98 2,789 1998–99 2,279 1999–2000 2,353 Source:
TTA Survey of ITT Providers
§ Mr. ClappisonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many Physics teacher trainees he expects to be in his target figure for recruitment into initial teacher training courses for Science teaching in secondary schools in(a) 2000–01 (b) 2001–02 and (c) 2002–03. [107180]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThere are no secondary initial teacher training targets for Physics. Physics is included in the secondary target for Science. The DfEE secondary initial teacher training target for Science in England for 2000–01 is 2,690. Indicative targets for 2001–02 and 2002–03 are also 2,690.