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

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance his Department provides to its managers on how many days training should be made available to staff.

Esther McVey

There is no specified number of days an individual should have for training as it would depend on an individual’s job role, the length of time they have been in post, any changes to their job role and their personal capability level and developmental needs.

Training can be undertaken as attendance at formal classroom based events recorded as training days but developmental needs can also be met through less formal activities – job shadowing, mentoring, on the job learning, downloading resources from Civil Service Learning and so on.

In line with the Departmental People Performance Policy, development needs are set and reviewed as part of regular discussion between an individual and their line manager looking at continuous development to maintain and potentially enhance performance. From these discussions the amount of developmental activity necessary (including formal training days) will emerge for each person.

In addition the Civil Service Reform Plan outlines a Civil Service wide commitment to each individual having at least 5 days a year of developmental activity but this will not be just training – many other activities would contribute to an individual’s 5 days a year.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what guidance his Department provides to its managers on how many days training should be made available to staff.

Alun Cairns

In line with the Civil Service Reform Plan, the Wales Office has recommended since 2013 that each member of staff should be spending at least five days a year on their own learning and development. The days should be used to target those skills that staff most need for their current and future roles and include a range of learning opportunities not just formal training.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department spent on training in each of the last three financial years.

Alun Cairns

The Wales Office spend in 2011-12 was £27,091, £6,043 in 2012-13 and £11,148 in 2013-14.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what his Department’s training budget was in each of the last three financial years.

Alun Cairns

The Wales Office budget for training over the last three financial years is set out below:

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what the average number of days training of full-time equivalent staff employed in his Department was in each of the last three financial years.

Alun Cairns

The average number of formal training days undertaken by staff at the Wales Office in the last three financial years is shown below:

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average number of days training of full-time equivalent staff employed in his Department was in each of the last three financial years.

Claire Perry

The Department for Transport encourages staff to take full advantage of the wide range of development available and to undertake at least five days a year of development.

Staff in the Department has undertaken the average number of day’s formal development over the last three financial years:

· 2013-14 – 4.5 days

· 2012-13 – 3.5 days

· 2011-12 – 4 days

In addition to this, staff have engaged in a good deal of informal development which is not easy to capture for example on the job training, coaching and mentoring.