Speeches

Chi Onwurah – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chi Onwurah on 2015-02-12.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much his Department spent on training in each of the last three financial years.

Andrea Leadsom

The table below shows how much HM Treasury spent on training in the last six full financial years, and the training budget for each of those years.

Financial Year

Total staff training costs

Training budget

2013/14

£774,689

£1,494,452

2012/13

£656,790

£1,697,037

2011/12

£819,847

£2,147,479

2010/11

£1,169,237

£1,793,392

2009/10

£2,369,560

£2,908,638

2008/09

£2,282,714

£3,125,260

Records on number of staff training days are not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate costs.

HM Treasury provides guidance to staff including managers that all civil servants are entitled to a minimum of 5 days a year for learning which can include training, seminars, mentoring, and other professional and job-based development.