asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) which of the criteria listed in the note to editors issued by his Department on 9 August led him to propose the ending of teacher training at Newman College, Birmingham;
(2) which of the criteria listed in the note to editors issued by his Department on 9 August led him to propose the ending of teacher training at Bishop Grosseteste college.
My Department considered how the reduced planned intakes to initial teacher training in the public sector might be distributed and in doing so took into account a wide range of factors. Institutions were not considered in isolation and it would be a misunderstanding of the process to attempt to identify specific factors in respect of individual institutions.