Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate his Department has made of the total cost to the public purse of teacher training bursaries awarded in each year since 2010.
The amount of teacher training bursary funding paid from academic year 2010/11 to 2016/17 was:
Academic Year | Training Bursary funding |
2010/11 | £149,453,000 |
2011/12 | £51,096,000 |
2012/13 | £138,512,500 |
2013/14 | £136,418,000 |
2014/15 | £144,897,000 |
2015/16 | £172,997,000 |
2016/17 | £199,747,000 |
Training bursary spend has varied according to the bursaries offered and the number of trainee teachers recruited. These figures do not include any reconciliation activity completed at the end of each academic year. The lower spend in academic year 2011/12 was due to bursaries being offered in fewer subjects.
Figures for academic year 2017/18 spending will be available following completion of our assurance procedures.