8. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on the recruitment of teachers in Wales? OAQ51266

Thank you very much, Joyce. We want teaching, as I said to Caroline earlier, to be a first-choice profession so that we can attract the very best to Welsh schools. In addition to our incentives, we are working with the sector to actively promote teaching, to recruit the very best and brightest individuals into the profession.

I was particularly pleased to hear about the new monetary incentives for new graduates considering a career in teaching in Wales. That will attract, we hope, high-achieving graduates into that profession, particularly with the priority subject areas like maths, physics, chemistry, Welsh, and the new emerging computer sciences, because that's the only way, as I can see fit, that we will be able to raise educational standards throughout the whole of Wales. Cabinet Secretary, do you, at this stage, have any details on when that scheme will be launched? And what is your anticipation of how many teachers it will deliver in Mid and West Wales?

Thank you very much, Joyce. We are currently working with the sector to promote the profession, as I said, and our incentive scheme for priority subjects that is available to eligible students now. My recent announcement regarding amendments to the scheme, such as including computer science as a top priority, will be available to eligible students from September 2018. We are also working to launch a national recruitment campaign. We've had great success in Government with regard to the ‘Train. Work. Live.’ scheme that the Cabinet Secretary for health has introduced for doctors and nurses, and we're looking to build upon that Welsh brand and other aspects of public service to recruit the very best into the teaching profession.

Question 9 [OAQ51257] is withdrawn. Question 10—Rhianon Passmore is not in the Chamber to ask the question. Question 11—Simon Thomas.