Graduate Teacher Programme

Mr. Hoban

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many people on the Graduate Teacher Programme are below the age of 25. (107397)

The following table shows the number of first-year trainees commencing the Graduate Teacher Programme (GTP) in the academic year 2004/05 and 2005/06 together with a breakdown of those aged under 25.

*GTP First-year Trainees*
	2004/05	2005/06
Under 25	1,290	1,420
25 plus	4,060	3,990
Percentage of under 25	24	26
Notes:1. GTP is an employment-based route.2. Figures are individually rounded to the nearest 10.Source:The TDA employment-based data management system (EBRDMS).

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students took part in (a) the Graduate Teacher Programme and (b) the Post Graduate Certificate of Education in the last year for which figures are available. (107398)

The following table shows the number of first-year trainees commencing the Graduate Teacher Programme (GTP) in the academic years 2004/05 and 2005/06; and the number of first-year trainees commencing a mainstream postgraduate programme in 2004/05. Information for the postgraduate programme for 2005/06 is not yet available. The mainstream data include all first-year trainees on a postgraduate programme leading to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). Not all of these programmes will include the award of PGCE and we do not collect information about the PGCE status of the programme.

*First-year Trainees Commencing Postgraduate Initial Teacher Training in England*
	2004/05	2005/06
GTP	5,360	5,410
Mainstream PG	24,930	n/a
Total	30,290	n/a
Notes:1. Figures for mainstream PG include universities and other HE institutions, SCITT and OU, but exclude employment-based routes.2. GTP is an employment-based route.3. Figures are individually rounded to the nearest10 and may not sum.Source:The TDA employment-based data management system (EBRDMS) and the performance profiles.

Volume 454: debated on Monday 11 December 2006