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1548925

registered interest
date	06/12/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many bursaries have been awarded under the Troops to Teachers scheme since January 2022.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	104126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2022 answer text <p>Since January 2022, four trainees have been awarded a bursary under the Troops to Teachers undergraduate bursary scheme.</p><p>Veterans who have a degree are able to undertake postgraduate initial teacher training (ITT) courses, where they can access bursaries and scholarships of up to £29,000 available on these routes into teaching.</p><p>The Department is committed to further promoting opportunities for service leavers to get into teaching. Many veterans utilise these services to support service leavers into ITT each year. As part of the cross government Veterans Action Plan, the Department has committed to increase collaboration with the Ministry of Defence to promote opportunities for service leavers to get into teaching, increasing signposting, events, and communications tailored to veterans. The Department also encourages them to take up services such as ‘Get School Experience’ and the Teacher Training Adviser service to help them towards a career in teaching.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 09/12/2022 12:51:33 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1464260

registered interest
date	18/05/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many civil servants are assigned to administer the Troops for Teachers scheme.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	4506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>The administration of Troops to Teachers undergraduate bursaries is undertaken by the Initial Teacher Training (ITT) funding team, alongside other ITT funding. In academic year 2021/22 the team is administering funding for approximately 6,000 trainees in total. The ITT Funding team consists of 6 full-time equivalent staff members and the administration of this funding is undertaken collectively. No civil servants are working solely on administration of the Troops to Teachers scheme.</p> answering member constituency Chippenham answering member printed Michelle Donelan question first answered 23/05/2022 10:35:34 answering member 4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1461179

registered interest
date	10/05/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many bursaries have been awarded under the Troops to Teachers scheme since January 2021.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	66
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2022 answer text <p>Since January 2021, one trainee has been awarded a bursary under the Troops to Teachers undergraduate bursary scheme. As they commenced their course in the 2021/22 academic year, the bursary will be paid in the 2022/23 and 2023/24 academic years.</p><p> </p><p>A further two trainees were in receipt of the bursary in the 2020/21 academic year, with one of these trainees receiving the remainder of their bursary in the 2021/22 academic year. The combined cost to the public purse of these two trainees since the 2020/21 academic year is £60,000. The department cannot disaggregate the exact amount paid since January 2021 because it makes payments to initial teacher training (ITT) providers as a proportion of their total funding spread from September to July, rather than an amount per trainee each month.</p><p> </p><p>The department is currently planning to publish information on outcomes for ITT trainees in the 2020/21 academic year in July 2022 which will be available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-teacher-training" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-teacher-training</a>. However, data is not routinely published on Troops to Teachers.</p><p> </p><p>Veterans who have a degree can and do undertake postgraduate ITT courses, where they can access the bursaries and scholarships of up to £26,000 available on these routes into teaching.</p><p> </p><p>The department is committed to further promoting opportunities for service leavers to get into teaching. Many veterans already utilise department services to support service leavers into ITT each year. As part of the cross-government Veterans’ Strategy Action Plan: 2022-2024, the department has committed to increase collaboration with the Ministry of Defence to promote opportunities for service leavers to get into teaching, increasing signposting, events and communications tailored to veterans. The department also encourages them to take up services we offer such as ‘get school experience’ and our ‘teacher training advisers’ service that will help them towards a career in teaching.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 67 68 question first answered 16/05/2022 16:44:55 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

228299

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many participants in the Troops to Teachers programme have (a) not completed training and (b) dropped out on completion of training.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	228293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The Troops to Teachers participants are still undertaking their training. The first cohort of trainees began the two year programme in January 2014 and are due to complete their training in December 2015. The second cohort began in September 2015 and will complete their training in August 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A total of nine trainees have withdrawn from the programme, from across both cohorts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 23/03/2015 12:05:04 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

228300

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) women and (b) BAME people there are in previous cohorts of the Troops to Teachers programme; and what proportion of people in each such category formed the overall participants.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	228294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>There are two cohorts of trainees on the Troops to Teachers programme. There are 8 female trainees in the first cohort and 12 in the second cohort. This is just under a quarter (24%) of the total participants across both cohorts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>No trainees have declared themselves as Black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME).</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 23/03/2015 12:06:06 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

228301

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average number of months was that recruits in previous cohorts served in the Troops to Teachers programme.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	228295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The first Troops to Teachers participants are still undertaking their training. The first cohort began training in January 2014, so all of the current trainees have served 14 months on the programme. The second cohort started training in September 2015, therefore current trainees have served 6 months on the programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 23/03/2015 12:06:48 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones