To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was (a) the target intake and (b) the actual intake to teacher training courses, in each subject area, in each year since 1989. [7342]

Intake targets, and the actual intakes, for initial teacher training courses for each year since 1989 are given in the following table:the light of expenditure plans for 1996–97 as a whole. The Department's estimate for 1996–97 will provide for expenditure on student loans.