Department for Education written question – answered at on 1 February 2016.
Nicholas Dakin
Shadow Minister (Education)
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much of her Department's budget has been spent on the Troops to Teachers scheme to date; and on what that budget was spent.
Nick Gibb
Minister of State (Education)
To date, £4.3m has been spent on the programme, the Majority of which has been initial, one-off start-up costs. The funding has been allocated to trainee salaries in addition to programme costs to deliver the degree qualification and teacher training requirements.
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