§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many trainee teachers(a) have been and (b) will he trained through the employment-based training route in each year from 2000–01 to 2004–05. [3368]
§ Mr. TimmsDuring 2000–01, 1,507 people entered the graduate teacher programme; 91 entered the registered teacher programme and 281 entered the overseas trained teachers scheme.
The Government do not set targets for the number of people entering the graduate teacher programme, the registered teacher programme or the overseas trained teachers scheme. However, my right hon. Friend the former Secretary of State for Education and Employment announced on 12 March this year an extra 570 places on the graduate teacher programme that will bring the total, in due course, to 2,250 a year.
§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many of the trainee teachers undertaking the employment-based training route are from(a) the United Kingdom, (b) European Union countries and (c) other countries, indicating in each case where appropriate which subjects they are training to teach; and if she will make a statement. [3369]
§ Mr. TimmsInformation on the nationality of trainee teachers undertaking the employment-based training routes is not collected centrally.