Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many places were allocated to School Direct for recruitment in the 2014-15 acacemic year.

The initial allocations for School Direct for the academic year were 15,254.

The initial allocations for the 2014/15 academic year were published in October 2013 and are published online at:

www.gov.uk/government/publications/initial-teacher-training-allocations-for-academic-year-2014-to-2015