Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teachers have been recruited on the Troops to Teachers scheme; what the annual recruitment target for the scheme has been; and what the annual retention rate is of teachers recruited on to that scheme.

The Troops to Teachers undergraduate programme started in January 2014 and 94 trainees have started so far. A further cohort will start in September 2015.

There are no recruitment targets set for this programme. This programme is part of the Department for Education’s commitment to the cross-government military covenant and is part of a package of measures designed to support service leavers.

Of the 94 that started, 80 trainees remain on the programme.