Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people have qualified as teachers on the Troops to Teachers scheme since that scheme began.

Two cohorts of Troops to Teachers trainees have completed the programme.

29 trainees from cohort 1 qualified as teachers, and 40 trainees from cohort 2 qualified as teachers.

In addition, 51 trainees were recruited for cohort 3 in September 2015 and a further 100 for cohort 4 in September 2016.