Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people started studying for a PGCE in each year since 2010.
Figures from the initial teacher training data management system show the number of first year PGCE trainees from 2010:
| Number of first year trainees on PGCE course |
2010/11 | 19,931 |
2011/12 | 18,913 |
2012/13 | 20,195 |
2013/14 | 21,858 |
2014/15 performance profiles will be available from late July.