HC Deb 18 September 2003 vol 410 cc984-5W
Mr. Gibb

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many places have been(a) taken up and (b) available for Post-graduate Certificate in Education Citizenship courses since their introduction; and if he will make a statement. [129894]

Mr. Miliband

Since 2001–02, when the citizenship PGCE course was introduced, 332 trainees have taken up places (147 in 2001–02 and 185 in 2002–03).

The table which shows the number of entrants to training against the number of places for 2001–02 and 2002–03 in England only.

Places Entrants
2001–021 — 147
2002–03 200 185
2003–042 250 —
1 In 2001–02, there was no separate allocation for citizenship places.
2 The number of entrants to Initial Teacher Training in 2003–04 is not yet available.

Source:

TTA

In addition to those trainees shown above, in 2002–03 14 trainees started the Graduate Teacher Programme (GTP) in citizenship.