Fast Track Teaching Scheme

HC Deb 29 January 2002 vol 379 cc231-2W

Mr. Willis

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many applications there were from(a) teachers already in service and (b) others for the Fast Track teaching scheme by 31 December 2001 broken down by subject. [30281]

Mr. Timms

Applications to the second recruitment round of the Fast Track Teaching Programme were as follows.

Subject	Number of applications
Primary	217
Secondary
Geography	36
Art	13
Science	149
Business and Economics	18
Design and Technology	19
English	118
Modern Foreign Languages	63
History	86
IT	30
Maths	79
Music	11
PE	4
RE	10
Unspecified	53
Total	906

Where applications arrived after the closing date of 31 December 2001, but had been delayed for reasons beyond the applicants' control, they were accepted up to 7 January 2002. Processing of applications from teachers already in service had not begun by 31 December 2001.