To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 30 October 2015 to Question 13838, how many schools with whom her Department is discussing its STEM international recruitment programme have expressed an interest in recruiting teachers through that programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2015 to Question 13848, with which schools her Department is discussing its STEM international recruitment programme; and how many of these schools are recruiting teachers internationally.

The Department for Education discusses international recruitment with a number of schools and does not keep a list of the schools with which such discussions take place.

The department does not monitor individual schools’ recruitment activities. This is a matter for schools.