§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many people(a) applied for places on Post Graduate Certificate in Education courses, (b) were offered a place on a course and (c)successfully completed the course; in each year since 1990. [157493]
§ Mr. MilibandData on the number of people offered places on Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) courses is not collected. The following table shows the numbers of PGCE applicants in each year since 1991/92 and the number of candidates who accepted the offer of a place in each year since 1996/97. These are the earliest years for which this information is available. The number of entrants to PGCE courses is also shown.
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Applications1 Acceptances1 Entrants2 England and Wales 1990/91 — — 11,960 1991/92 24,870 — 15,050 1992/93 31,130 — 16,500 1993/94 33,650 — 17,690 1994/95 31,640 — 19,090 1995/96 33,250 — 19,330 1996/97 33,240 18,000 19,720 1997/98 33,300 20,430 19,480 1998/99 31,640 19,020 18,790 1999/2000 33,060 19,770 18,880
Applications1 Acceptances1 Entrants2 2000/01 34,860 20,990 21,190 England 2001/02 37,960 20,040 21,260 2002/03 42,570 22,710 23,320 2003/04 46,710 25,350 25,780 Source: 1Graduate Teacher Training Registry 2DFE Recruitment Survey 1990/91 to 1993/94; HESES 1994/95; TTA Survey of ITT Providers 1995/96 to 2003/04 Note: Excludes Fast Track—Data for these years not available The number of candidates who successfully completed PGCE courses in each calendar year from 1990 to 2002, the most recent available, is shown in the following table.
Year of completion Completers England and Wales1 1990 9,600 1991 10,380 1992 13.460 1993 15,110 1994 16,130 1995 17.330 1996 16,900 1997 17,780 1998 17,150 1999 16,500 2000 16.160 England2 2000 14,850 2001 16,150 2002 16,940 Source: 1DfES Database of Teacher Records 2TTA Performance Profiles
§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps his Department is taking to widen participation in postgraduate education. [157495]
§ Alan JohnsonThe government are already investing significant sums in widening access to higher education, which will also increase the supply of potential postgraduate students. The additional funding available for science and research (up £1.25 million by 2005/06 compared to 2003/04) will also increase the volume of research and opportunities for postgraduate study. Financial support for postgraduate study is available through the Career Development Loan Scheme which is administered by my Department.