Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many qualified teachers trained in (a) food technology, (b) history and (c) a modern language in each year since 1997. (182280)

The tables show the number of teachers gaining Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) for history and modern foreign languages by Mainstream and Employment Based Routes (EBR) Initial Teacher Training (ITT). Data for food technology are not available separately as they are included within aggregate figures for design and technology.

*Table 1 Mainstream ITT; Teachers gaining QTS: Academic years 1997/98 to 2005/06—England*
	Modern foreign languages	History
Secondary subject
1997/98	1,490	870
1998/99	1,410	790
1999/2000	1,290	760
2000/01	1,390	770
2001/02	1,340	790
2002/03	1,350	840
2003/04	1,450	850
2004/05	1,360	830
2005/06	1,260	780
Notes: 1. Includes Universities and other Higher Education institutions, SCITT and Open University, but excludes employment based routes. 2. Rounded to the nearest 10. 3. Cases where QTS is granted on assessment without a course on ITT are not included in the table. Source: TDA Performance Profiles

*Table 2 Employment* based ITT teachers gaining QTS: Academic years 2001/02 to 2005/06—England
	Modern foreign languages	History
Secondary subject
2001/02	170	50
2002/03	230	60
2003/04	230	90
2004/05	240	130
2005/06	220	130
Note: Rounded to the nearest 10 Source: TDA Performance Profiles

Volume 471: debated on Monday 4 February 2008