§ Mr. ClappisonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what factors he took into account in setting recruitment targets for 1999–2000 for recruitment into initial teacher training for secondary school teachers of(a) mathematics, (b) science, (c) languages and (d) technology. [112978]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisTargets for recruitment to initial teacher training use teacher supply models which take into consideration: future demand for teachers; projected flows of teachers into and out of the maintained nursery, primary and secondary sectors, split by age and gender.
Further details of assumptions used in the Teacher Supply Models can be found in 'Teacher Supply and Demand Modelling: A technical description', published in July 1998, copies of which are available in the Library.