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Speech in General Committees - Wed 30 Nov 2016
Draft Coasting Schools (England) Regulations 2016

"It is a pleasure, as ever, to see you in the Chair, Mr Gray. I will make just a couple of points, if I may. First, I certainly do not think it is a political point to say that every child should fulfil their potential, and I therefore do not …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 20 Jan 2016
Out-of-school Education Settings

"My right hon. Friend’s suggestion sounds interesting, but does it not fly in the face of what this Government have said for many a year, which is that they do not want to see state bodies and apparatus put in place? Whether they used the original proposals or my right …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 20 Jan 2016
Out-of-school Education Settings

"I appreciate the hon. Lady’s speech, but my one concern is that she is almost suggesting that the Government should rerun the consultation. May I suggest that she makes it clear in her closing remarks that the best thing that the Government could do is to bury the consultation once …..."
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Written Question
Teachers: Training
Tuesday 19th January 2016

Asked by: Robert Flello (Labour - Stoke-on-Trent South)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many new entrants there were for religious education initial teacher training courses in each of the last five years.

Answered by Nick Gibb

The numbers of new entrants to religious education initial teacher training (ITT) courses in England, and the target levels, for each of the last five years are as shown in Table 1 below.

The numbers of people achieving qualified teacher status (QTS) in religious studies in each of the last five years are as shown in Table 2 below.

Table 1: New entrants to Religious Education ITT courses.

Year

Postgraduate ITT new entrants

Postgraduate ITT target

Percentage of the postgraduate target achieved

Undergraduate ITT new entrants

2011/12

463

446

104%

15

2012/13

471

439

107%

12

2013/14

367

450

82%

12

2014/15

386

537

72%

8

2015/16

411

650

63%

14


Table 2: Final year religious education trainees obtaining QTS awards.

Year

Postgraduate

Undergraduate

Number awarded QTS

Number not awarded QTS

Total

Percentage awarded QTS

Number awarded QTS

Number not awarded QTS

Total

Percentage awarded QTS

2009/10

755

96

851

89%

12

2

14

86%

2010/11

762

78

840

91%

19

2

21

90%

2011/12

464

71

535

87%

17

7

24

71%

2012/13

419

65

484

87%

25

5

30

83%

2013/14

321

23

344

93%

12

0

12

100%


Further information is available online at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-teacher-training

Written Question
Teachers: Training
Tuesday 19th January 2016

Asked by: Robert Flello (Labour - Stoke-on-Trent South)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the target was for new entrants on to Religious Education initial teacher training courses in each of the last five years.

Answered by Nick Gibb

The numbers of new entrants to religious education initial teacher training (ITT) courses in England, and the target levels, for each of the last five years are as shown in Table 1 below.

The numbers of people achieving qualified teacher status (QTS) in religious studies in each of the last five years are as shown in Table 2 below.

Table 1: New entrants to Religious Education ITT courses.

Year

Postgraduate ITT new entrants

Postgraduate ITT target

Percentage of the postgraduate target achieved

Undergraduate ITT new entrants

2011/12

463

446

104%

15

2012/13

471

439

107%

12

2013/14

367

450

82%

12

2014/15

386

537

72%

8

2015/16

411

650

63%

14


Table 2: Final year religious education trainees obtaining QTS awards.

Year

Postgraduate

Undergraduate

Number awarded QTS

Number not awarded QTS

Total

Percentage awarded QTS

Number awarded QTS

Number not awarded QTS

Total

Percentage awarded QTS

2009/10

755

96

851

89%

12

2

14

86%

2010/11

762

78

840

91%

19

2

21

90%

2011/12

464

71

535

87%

17

7

24

71%

2012/13

419

65

484

87%

25

5

30

83%

2013/14

321

23

344

93%

12

0

12

100%


Further information is available online at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-teacher-training

Written Question
Teachers: Training
Tuesday 19th January 2016

Asked by: Robert Flello (Labour - Stoke-on-Trent South)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people achieved qualified teacher status in religious studies in each of the last five years.

Answered by Nick Gibb

The numbers of new entrants to religious education initial teacher training (ITT) courses in England, and the target levels, for each of the last five years are as shown in Table 1 below.

The numbers of people achieving qualified teacher status (QTS) in religious studies in each of the last five years are as shown in Table 2 below.

Table 1: New entrants to Religious Education ITT courses.

Year

Postgraduate ITT new entrants

Postgraduate ITT target

Percentage of the postgraduate target achieved

Undergraduate ITT new entrants

2011/12

463

446

104%

15

2012/13

471

439

107%

12

2013/14

367

450

82%

12

2014/15

386

537

72%

8

2015/16

411

650

63%

14


Table 2: Final year religious education trainees obtaining QTS awards.

Year

Postgraduate

Undergraduate

Number awarded QTS

Number not awarded QTS

Total

Percentage awarded QTS

Number awarded QTS

Number not awarded QTS

Total

Percentage awarded QTS

2009/10

755

96

851

89%

12

2

14

86%

2010/11

762

78

840

91%

19

2

21

90%

2011/12

464

71

535

87%

17

7

24

71%

2012/13

419

65

484

87%

25

5

30

83%

2013/14

321

23

344

93%

12

0

12

100%


Further information is available online at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-teacher-training

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 30 Jun 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"I draw attention to my entry in the register of interests. Many small and medium-sized freight businesses struggle with the cost of training drivers. Have the Government any plans to look at this afresh with a view to helping people train to become lorry drivers in the UK?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 22 Jun 2015
Education and Adoption Bill

"I am concerned about the oversight function of local authorities. All too often when prospective adopting parents come before a committee, social workers might have one view and the councillor on the committee a different view, and the councillor almost always gets overruled. Is this something that the Secretary of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 22 Jun 2015
Education and Adoption Bill

"My hon. Friend is being generous with his time and is giving a good example of how to take interventions. He correctly says that this situation is of huge concern and has been for some time, but where do parents go? They complain, as do we as Members of Parliament, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 22 Jun 2015
Education and Adoption Bill

"I am enjoying my hon. Friend’s speech. One issue I have with academies is that they have a body of directors with no democratic input. I am concerned about one particular headteacher who is also a director, but there is no way to get to the heart of what is …..."
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