Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many UCAS applications have been received for teaching courses in (a) primary and (b) secondary education for admission in the academic year 2017-18; and how many such applications were received at the same point in the admissions cycle for (i) 2014-15, (ii) 2015-16 and (iii) 2016-17.
The Department does not publish data on UCAS applications. UCAS report monthly data on recruitment to Initial Teacher Training, which for 2016/17 and historical recruitment can be found on their website at:
https://www.ucas.com/corporate/data-and-analysis/ucas-teacher-training-releases