§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what is the total level of Government funding the current financial year for higher education institutions to support the training of teachers on PGCE courses in a subsidiary subject; and if he will make a statement. [126965]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThere is no separately identified funding for subsidiary subjects within initial teacher training (ITT) courses. The level of funding for individual courses, which varies between primary and secondary and between individual secondary subjects, depends only on the main subject of study. In 1999–2000 public expenditure to higher education institutions in England for secondary Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) courses was some £58.6 million, of which £46.5 million was distributed by the Teacher Training Agency (TTA) and £12.1 million paid through LEAs to cover tuition fees.
§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what plans he has to offer financial support to higher education institutions that train teachers in a subsidiary subject; and if he will make a statement. [126964]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisGovernment funding covers all aspects of initial teacher training (ITT) courses. The level depends on the main subject of study. There are no plans to include any subsidiary subjects that providers might offer in determining the level of funding ITT providers receive. The Government pay the fees for home and European Union students on Post Graduate Certificate in Education courses irrespective of their subject of study.
New Deal for Schools Programme—Bid Information NDS 1 NDS 2 NDS 3 LEA name Number of projects NDS bid Number of projects NDS bid Number of projects NDS bid England 1,138 143,673,836 2,407 761,231,849 6,753 1,427,768,901 Barking and Dagenham 5 210,520 19 1,548,000 101 21,097,222 Barnet 10 370,300 6 1,610,071 18 5,967,682 Barnsley 1 500,000 2 2,076,000 24 7,639,233 Bath and North East Somerset 4 1,032,300 11 1,078,027 43 5,290,678 Bedfordshire 6 1,950,190 1 1,382,000 11 4,698,729 Bexley 10 572,000 22 984,375 78 3,228,916 Birmingham 8 1,622,306 279 2,771,700 24 16,760,924 Blackburn with Darwen — 0 21 832,939 35 7,818,980 Blackpool — 0 25 667,395 206 8,855,600 Bolton 3 647,925 8 1,497,039 19 17,725,984 Bournemouth 3 418,000 4 855,091 20 5,859,788 Bracknell Forest — 0 1 745,500 25 6,100,413 Bradford 18 1,135,308 10 1,895,300 37 27,026,971 Brent 7 807,975 2 1,321,900 30 13,313,899 Brighton and Hove 1 1,588,000 9 1,065,431 27 4,637,498 Bristol, City of 9 619,515 20 12,286,387 87 9,471,973 Bromley 18 304,700 7 582,700 38 3,357,485 Buckinghamshire 3 564,365 18 1,081,883 153 13,138,480 Bury 3 343,000 26 650,000 44 2,081,550 Calderdale 2 842,970 3 2,969,980 19 3,241,146 Cambridgeshire 5 598,000 17 2,375,468 119 24,241,315 Camden 8 220,406 8 620,517 46 5,044,598 Cheshire 10 971,903 6 1,566,890 37 9,684,187 Cornwall 2 1,018,781 29 1,577,016 148 11,075,669 Coventry 3 668,534 20 409,926 58 11,103,475 Croydon 26 2,293,503 9 2,227,540 54 17,079,880 Cumbria 9 655,000 8 1,632,666 31 3,115,942 Darlington 8 320,340 4 185,775 37 5,506,754