Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he is taking steps to help increase the number of PGCE courses available for prospective design technology teachers; and if he will make a statement.
Initial Teacher Training (ITT) courses in Design and Technology are available at schools and universities in all regions in England. For the 2018/19 academic year, there are 412 postgraduate ITT courses in Design and Technology, which is 13 more courses than in 2017/18.
For Design and Technology courses running in 2017/18 and 2018/19 we have allowed schools and universities to recruit as many trainees as they wish. They have this same flexibility when recruiting for the 2019/20 academic year.