Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many students in Northern Ireland qualified as teachers in each of the last five years; and how many of those who qualified found jobs within one year of qualifying in each year. (92894)

The information requested is as follows:

*Students gaining qualifications from initial teacher training courses and number recording employment as destination activity six months after graduation 2000-01 to 2004-05*
Academic year	Initial teacher training qualifiers	In employment (6 months after graduation)
2000-01	700	574
2001-02	716	620
2002-03	772	616
2003-04	779	632
2004-05	804	648
Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency

The Department only holds information on the destinations of students six months after graduation. In 2000-01 and 2001-02 the figures only include those recording their main activity as employment. From 2002-03, students were no longer asked to identify their main activity and all those recording employment have been included.

The latest available data relate to the 2004-05 academic year.

Volume 450: debated on Monday 16 October 2006