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	registered interest
	date	08/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Students: Surveys
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons the National College of Teaching and Leadership has withdrawn Initial Teacher Training students from future National Student Surveys.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	220156
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>The National College for Teaching and Leadership (NCTL) decided to discontinue financial contributions to the National Student Survey (NSS) to focus resources on the annual survey of newly qualified teachers. This survey is more in-depth and specific to initial teacher training than the NSS and provides valuable information about the quality of initial teacher training and how well that training has prepared newly qualified teachers for specific aspects of teaching.</p><p> </p><p>Since making this decision, NCTL has agreed to continue funding for a further year, to ensure time for a smooth transition to alternative arrangements, should the sector wish to continue receiving feedback through the National Student Survey.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 13/01/2015 14:13:21 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

172762

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: South West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many primary school teachers in each parliamentary constituency in the South West have a science degree.
	tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
	tabling member printed	Stephen Gilbert
	uin	220221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>The following table provides the headcount number and percentage of all regular teachers[1] in service in primary schools in each constituency in the South West with a degree in a science subject in November 2013. This is the latest information available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Name of Constituency</p></td><td><p>Number of teachers</p><p>With science degree[2]</p></td><td><p>Number of teachers with a qualification recorded[3]</p></td><td><p>Percentage with a science</p><p>Qualification</p><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Confidence interval[4]</p></td><td><p>Percentage of teachers with qualification</p><p>recorded</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bath</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>319</p></td><td><p>7.5</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>96.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bournemouth East</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>336</p></td><td><p>10.7</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>3.3</p></td><td><p>94.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bournemouth West</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>354</p></td><td><p>9.3</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>3.0</p></td><td><p>98.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bridgwater and West Somerset</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>390</p></td><td><p>8.2</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td><td><p>97.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol East</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>395</p></td><td><p>7.8</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td><td><p>92.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol North West</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>466</p></td><td><p>11.6</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>92.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol South</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>484</p></td><td><p>8.9</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td><td><p>93.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol West</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>423</p></td><td><p>10.6</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>89.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Camborne and Redruth</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>343</p></td><td><p>7.3</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td><td><p>91.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Devon</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>411</p></td><td><p>10.9</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>3.0</p></td><td><p>97.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheltenham</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>396</p></td><td><p>9.3</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>99.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chippenham</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>460</p></td><td><p>10.4</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td><td><p>95.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Christchurch</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>212</p></td><td><p>8.5</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>3.8</p></td><td><p>97.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devizes</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>426</p></td><td><p>10.3</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>95.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Devon</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>374</p></td><td><p>9.6</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>3.0</p></td><td><p>98.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exeter</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>406</p></td><td><p>10.6</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>3.0</p></td><td><p>99.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Filton and Bradley Stoke</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>419</p></td><td><p>9.5</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td><td><p>97.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Forest of Dean</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>385</p></td><td><p>8.6</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td><td><p>96.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucester</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>546</p></td><td><p>8.4</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td><td><p>96.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingswood</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>392</p></td><td><p>8.9</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td><td><p>98.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mid Dorset and North Poole</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>273</p></td><td><p>9.9</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>3.5</p></td><td><p>96.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newton Abbot</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>341</p></td><td><p>10.0</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>3.2</p></td><td><p>97.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Cornwall</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>382</p></td><td><p>11.0</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>3.1</p></td><td><p>93.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Devon</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>455</p></td><td><p>12.5</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>3.0</p></td><td><p>96.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Dorset</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>371</p></td><td><p>9.2</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>97.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East Somerset</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>416</p></td><td><p>10.6</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>3.0</p></td><td><p>96.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Somerset</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>381</p></td><td><p>12.3</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>3.3</p></td><td><p>93.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Swindon</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>483</p></td><td><p>7.9</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.4</p></td><td><p>95.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>387</p></td><td><p>9.8</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>3.0</p></td><td><p>96.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plymouth, Moor View</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>448</p></td><td><p>7.8</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td><td><p>97.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>360</p></td><td><p>8.6</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>94.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poole</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>313</p></td><td><p>9.6</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>3.3</p></td><td><p>99.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Salisbury</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>366</p></td><td><p>10.1</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>3.1</p></td><td><p>94.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Somerton and Frome</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>423</p></td><td><p>9.7</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td><td><p>98.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Dorset</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>295</p></td><td><p>9.5</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>3.3</p></td><td><p>97.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East Cornwall</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>351</p></td><td><p>8.0</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td><td><p>92.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Swindon</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>508</p></td><td><p>8.1</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.4</p></td><td><p>94.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West Devon</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>370</p></td><td><p>10.8</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>3.2</p></td><td><p>96.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>408</p></td><td><p>10.0</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>93.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St. Austell and Newquay</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>376</p></td><td><p>7.7</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td><td><p>91.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St. Ives</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>372</p></td><td><p>8.6</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td><td><p>89.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stroud</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>480</p></td><td><p>11.0</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td><td><p>96.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Taunton Deane</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>484</p></td><td><p>9.9</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td><td><p>99.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tewkesbury</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>432</p></td><td><p>9.5</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td><td><p>96.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Cotswolds</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>429</p></td><td><p>7.5</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td><td><p>96.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thornbury and Yate</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>351</p></td><td><p>13.7</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>3.6</p></td><td><p>98.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tiverton and Honiton</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>445</p></td><td><p>12.4</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>3.1</p></td><td><p>96.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torbay</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>399</p></td><td><p>8.5</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td><td><p>96.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torridge and West Devon</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>406</p></td><td><p>9.9</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>97.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Totnes</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>342</p></td><td><p>12.0</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>3.4</p></td><td><p>99.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Truro and Falmouth</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>336</p></td><td><p>12.8</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>3.6</p></td><td><p>94.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wells</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>386</p></td><td><p>8.5</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td><td><p>98.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Dorset</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>354</p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.6</p></td><td><p>97.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Weston-Super-Mare</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>434</p></td><td><p>10.4</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>93.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yeovil</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>449</p></td><td><p>9.8</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td><td><p>98.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total South West</p></td><td><p>2,102</p></td><td><p>21,743</p></td><td><p>9.7</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td><td><p>95.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total England</p></td><td><p>18,795</p></td><td><p>227,513</p></td><td><p>8.3</p></td><td><p>+/-</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>95.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: School Workforce Census</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Includes qualified and unqualified teachers.</p><p>[2] Includes teachers with a first or higher science degree but excluding those with a science PGCE where no record of a science degree exists and those with a BEd in sciences.</p><p>[3] Those recorded with a qualification in any subject, (the total in the sample from which the rate is calculated).</p><p>[4] The range within which we can be 95% confident that the true value exists.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 13/01/2015 14:14:34 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	4101 label Biography information for Stephen Gilbert

172758

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many trainee secondary school chemistry, physics and mathematics teachers there are in each region of England.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	220153
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Education publishes information on the number of trainee secondary school chemistry, physics and mathematics teachers as part of the initial teacher training (ITT) statistical first release[1] at a national level on an annual basis.</p><p> </p><p>The Department intends to publish this information at provider level, which will include an aggregation at the regional level, in the summer. This information will then be incorporated into future ITT statistical first releases.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/initial-teacher-training-trainee-number-census-2014-to-2015</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 13/01/2015 14:12:06 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan