The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chi Onwurah on 2015-02-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what guidance his Department provides to its managers on how many days training should be made available to staff.
Mrs Helen Grant
In line with the Civil Service wide commitment, DCMS provides guidance to staff and managers encouraging them to spend at least 5 days a year on their learning and development.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chi Onwurah on 2015-02-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department’s training budget was in each of the last three financial years.
Mr Nick Gibb
The Department for Education holds a central training and development budget covering core education and training undertaken through Civil Service Learning. This includes development in core Civil Service skills including leadership and management, financial management and analysis. The table below shows the centrally managed budget for each of the past three financial years.
|
Financial Year |
Budget |
|
12/13 |
£700,000 |
|
13/14 |
£700,000 |
|
14/15 |
£600,000 |
Additionally, directorates across the Department spend an element of their budgets on training and development which varies dependant on in-year development needs. The table below shows both central training and development spend and Directorate spend for each last 3 financial years.
|
Financial Year |
Total spend |
Average number of staff (based on Full Time Equivalents) |
Average spend per member of staff (based on Full Time Equivalents) |
|
2014/15 (covering the period April to December only) |
£1.3m |
3353.7 |
£390 |
|
2013/14 |
£2.2m |
3539.4 |
£620 |
|
2012/13 |
£3.2m |
3801.1 |
£840 |
In addition to formal training, the Department for Education encourages staff to take advantage of a variety of different professional development opportunities not captured by this expenditure, including job shadowing, on-the-job training and peer mentoring.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chi Onwurah on 2015-02-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department spent on training in each of the last three financial years.
Amber Rudd
|
(£k) |
2011-12 |
2012-13 |
2013-14 |
|
Staff Training |
3,364 |
3,861 |
4,017 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by George Hollingbery on 2015-02-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which towns and cities in England and Wales have been most affected by flooding caused by urban surface run-off following heavy rain events in the last five years.
Dan Rogerson
The Environment Agency publishes maps of locations at risk of flooding from surface water. The maps can be interrogated by place name or postcode.
The maps can be found at:
http://watermaps.environment-agency.gov.uk/wiyby/wiyby.aspx?topic=ufmfsw#x=357865&y=355121&scale=1
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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Ellman on 2015-02-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to lay before Parliament regulations on the standardisation of packaging of tobacco products.
Jane Ellison
The Government has today laid regulations for the introduction of standardised packaging of tobacco products.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Oliver Colvile on 2015-02-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2014, Official Report, column 710W, on pharmacy, what progress his Department has made on the introduction of data-sharing between GPs and pharmacists.
Dr Daniel Poulter
The Proof of Concept (POC) project is making good progress. The project has completed the implementation stage of providing Summary Care Record (SCR) access for community pharmacies.
By the end of 2014, 135 pharmacies across all five areas (West Yorkshire, Sheffield, Northamptonshire, Derbyshire and Somerset), have been enabled to have access to the SCR. The pharmacies involved include independent pharmacies, national multiple providers, and representatives from the major supermarkets. Over 1,300 patient SCRs have been accessed to date to support direct patient care.
The POC project team are now working on the findings and associated recommendations. Initial analysis is promising and the final report is due in the coming months.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chi Onwurah on 2015-02-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the average number of days training of full-time equivalent staff employed in her Department was in each of the last three financial years.
Mr Desmond Swayne
Responsibility for training in DFID is decentralised to departments and country offices. We do not maintain a central record of the training undertaken by individuals. To gather the information retrospectively would incur disproportionate costs.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chi Onwurah on 2015-02-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on training in each of the last three financial years.
Mr Shailesh Vara
The Ministry of Justice has made an offer to invest in the equivalent of five targeted learning days a year for each member of staff. This learning takes many forms to suit both the learner and the business, including e-learning, coaching, mentoring, work-based learning, job shadowing and face-to-face learning.
The Ministry devolves budgets for training to its agencies, business groups and non-departmental bodies. These budgets are managed locally and the Ministry does not record this information centrally. Furthermore, the definition of training varies from one business area to another. Therefore to establish the Department’s training budget, amount spent on training and an average number of training days taken would require a Ministry-wide survey of all its local business areas and non-departmental public bodies. This would incur a disproportionate cost.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chi Onwurah on 2015-02-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on training in each of the last three financial years.
Claire Perry
The Department for Transport is committed to building a strong skills base and views investing in its people’s development as being critical to its success.
In the last three financial years, the Department has spent the following on training:
· 2013-14 – £4,703,015
· 2012-13 – £4,440,087
· 2011-12 – £3,433,400
The Department for Transport consists of a central department and five executive agencies. These are:
· Highways Agency
· Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency
· Maritime & Coastguard Agency
· Vehicle Certification Agency
· Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (the Driving Standards Agency and the Vehicle & Operator Services Agency merged on the 1st April 2014).
The Government Car & Despatch Agency (GCDA) ceased to be an executive agency on the 1st October 2012 when its functions were transferred to the central department.
The figures for the former Government Car Despatch Agency and the Vehicle Certification Agency are not available.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kate Green on 2015-02-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Written Statement of 10 February 2015, HCWS 269, on Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme, whether there will be any change in the amount of the levy on the insurance industry which was announced in the Written Statement of 28 November 2014, column 58WS, on Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme levy.
Mr Mark Harper
On 28 November 2014 the Government announced that the levy for the first year of the Scheme’s operation would be £32m. This was calculated using the estimated costs of the Scheme extrapolated from the first seven months of its operation. There are no plans to change the amount of the levy that was announced on 28 November as we believe it will still be sufficient to cover the costs of the Scheme in its first year.