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Mathematics And Science

Volume 135: debated on Tuesday 14 June 1988

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To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Blackburn of 26 May, Official Report, column 238, if he will publish a table showing for each local education authority the amount of certified expenditure for which specific grant was claimed for 1985–86 and 1986–87 on (a) in-service training of primary teachers of mathematics and (b)in-service training of secondary teachers of mathematics;(2) pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Blackburn of 26 May,

Official Report,column 238,if he will publish a table showing for each local education authority the amount of certified expenditure for which specific grant was claimed for 1985–86 and 1986–87 on (a)in-service training of primary teachers of science and (b)in-service training of secondary teachers of science.

This information is not collected centrally as LEAs are not required to apportion their grant claims for in-service training between primary and secondary school teachers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Blackburn of 26 May, Official Report, columns 236–37, if he will estimate the cost at 1988 prices, including the cost of supply cover, of providing in-service training of one term's full-time equivalent duration such that every primary school would then have at least one teacher with identifiable knowledge of mathematics beyond GCE O-level; and if he will state the assumptions made in arriving at such an estimate;(2) pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Blackburn of 26 May,

Official Report,columns 236–37,if he will estimate the cost at 1988 prices, including the cost of supply cover, of providing in-service training of one term's full-time equivalent duration such that every primary school would then have at least one teacher with identifiable knowledge of science beyond GCE O-level; and if he will state the assumptions made in arriving at such an estimate.

I do not accept the hon. Member's assumption that identifiable knowledge of a subject beyond a particular level is necessarily associated with any particular form of training provision.