The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chi Onwurah on 2015-02-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what guidance his Department provides to its managers on how many days training should be made available to staff.
Amber Rudd
DECC encourages all staff to take at least 5 days of targeted learning and development each year. This forms part of our commitment to the Civil Service Capabilities Plan.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chi Onwurah on 2015-02-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department provides to its managers on how many days training should be made available to staff.
Karen Bradley
Managers in the Home Department have received the following guidance on the number of days learning and development, including formal training, that should be provided to staff :"Every civil servant should be spending at least 5 days a year on their own learning and development targeting those skills they most need for their current and future roles."
We do not collect data centrally on all aspects of learning and development that are used to develop staff skills nor on training budgets so this could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Expenditure in the Home Department on training for the past 3 financial years was:
2011/12: £14,860,807
2012/13: £16,986,868
2013/14: £24,715,417
The increase in training expenditure figures in the last two years was a result of developing skills across the Home Office and in particular training new officers recruited in UK Visas and Immigration, Immigration Enforcement, Her Majesty’sPassport Office and Border Force.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chi Onwurah on 2015-02-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what guidance his Department provides to its managers on how many days training should be made available to staff.
David Mundell
The Scotland Office does not employ staff directly; all staff that join do so on an assignment, loan or secondment from other government bodies. Some of those employing bodies specify the number of days per annum that should be devoted to training. However, all Scotland Office managers are given guidance that their staff should have learning targets to be monitored through their objectives, as part of their annual reviews and through regular meetings.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chi Onwurah on 2015-09-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on integrating universal credit with eligibility criteria for services provided by the NHS.
Alistair Burt
The Department of Health has been part of ongoing discussions with the Department for Work and Pensions, and other Government departments, on the best approach for enabling those in receipt of Universal Credit to receive entitlement to passported benefits. It has been agreed that a system of earnings thresholds will be introduced as claimant numbers expand to ensure that these benefits continue to be targeted at those who need them most.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chi Onwurah on 2015-02-09.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February to Question 222929, if he will make an assessment of the effect on the market for Cloud services of refunding VAT for contracted-out-services but not for Cloud services.
Mr David Gauke
No estimate is planned. When determining eligibility for VAT refunds, it is the nature of the IT contract rather than how it is delivered, that counts.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chi Onwurah on 2015-02-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department provides to its managers on how many days training should be made available to staff.
Kris Hopkins
All civil servants are encouraged to undertake a minimum of five learning and development days a year. This includes formal training, e-learning, job shadowing, mentoring, coaching and various other development activities.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chi Onwurah on 2015-02-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, 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.
Amber Rudd
DECC does not hold this information centrally. Gathering this information from individual and local records would incur disproportionate costs.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chi Onwurah on 2015-02-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, 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.
Karen Bradley
Managers in the Home Department have received the following guidance on the number of days learning and development, including formal training, that should be provided to staff :"Every civil servant should be spending at least 5 days a year on their own learning and development targeting those skills they most need for their current and future roles."
We do not collect data centrally on all aspects of learning and development that are used to develop staff skills nor on training budgets so this could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Expenditure in the Home Department on training for the past 3 financial years was:
2011/12: £14,860,807
2012/13: £16,986,868
2013/14: £24,715,417
The increase in training expenditure figures in the last two years was a result of developing skills across the Home Office and in particular training new officers recruited in UK Visas and Immigration, Immigration Enforcement, Her Majesty’sPassport Office and Border Force.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chi Onwurah on 2015-02-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, 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.
David Mundell
The Scotland Office does not employ staff directly; all staff that join do so on an assignment, loan or secondment from other government bodies.
All staff have access to a wide range of professional development courses through their parent employers, through Civil Service Learning, and in the form of continuous on the job training. The Office does not have a record of time spent on training in each of the last three financial years.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chi Onwurah on 2015-09-17.
To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker’s Committee on the Electoral Commission, what guidance on cybersecurity and verification of identity in electronic elections the Electoral Commission offers to organisations outside Government that are conducting such elections.
Mr Gary Streeter
The Electoral Commission does not issue such guidance relating to non-governmental elections.