Last year, the number of trainee GPs increased by 50 to 887 and we will train the same number this year.

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London Midland said a number of trainee drivers are due to finish their training and start work "very soon".

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She told the programme that the strict limit on the number of trainee teachers in Northern Ireland "would definitely be a good idea".

BBC: Just 5% of new teachers secure permanent jobs in NI

He said the government had, among other things, marginalised sport in schools, leading to a 30% fall in the number of trainee PE teachers, and abolished compulsory team games for children aged over 14.

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The minister said that over the past number of years, the number of college places for trainee teachers in Northern Ireland had been reduced by 32%.

BBC: Just 5% of new teachers secure permanent jobs in NI

In the secondary sector, cuts range from 19% in the case of trainee history teachers to small increases in the number of places for religious education and mathematics.

BBC: NEWS | UK | Education | Teacher training places reduced

The Department of Education has reduced the number of post-graduate places for trainee teachers by 20%.

BBC: PGCE places cut by 20% in Northern Ireland universities