Speeches

Louise Haigh – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2015-10-20.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when it was decided to reduce the bursary for post-graduate primary teacher training; and what steps she has taken to communicate that decision to potential applicants for such training.

Nick Gibb

Bursary incentives are reviewed every year in response to recruitment performance and the need for new teachers in the coming years.

This year the new bursary rates were announced on 1st October 2015, and publicised subsequently through the “Get into Teaching” website and advertised on social media.