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

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department spent on training in each of the last three financial years.

Mr Francis Maude

We want to ensure that the Civil Service is ready to meet the challenges of the twenty first century.

Through our programme of Civil Service Reform the Government is working to address long-standing weaknesses in four key skills areas: commercial, programme and project delivery, digital delivery, and leading and managing change across the Civil Service.

Civil Servants are encouraged to take at least five days learning a year but the key point is to ensure that civil servants have the particular skills they need to do their jobs well. The Functional Heads, most of whom report to the Chief Executive of the Civil Service, will set the learning curricula for their functions.

Most learning is now provided by Civil Service Learning.

Complete central records are not held on the number of days training, training budgets or training expenditure.

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

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

Anna Soubry

The Ministry of Defence undertakes a wide range of training activity; from phase 1 and phase 2 training for new recruits to complex joint exercises with other nations to specialist training for specific trades and skills requirements, such as nuclear engineering. The costs for these activities encompass nearly all of the Defence Lines of Development and can not be broken out without incurring disproportionate cost.

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

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

Mr Tobias Ellwood

Like all organisations we invest in training and developing staff. It helps us to provide the best service to the UK and deliver value for the taxpayer. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office does not hold central records for all Learning and Development spend. Individual Directorates and overseas Posts each have a devolved budget for learning and development. Amounts vary. To obtain a detailed breakdown of all funding allocated to learning and development will incur disproportionate cost. Based on the records we do hold, the total amount allocated to learning and development during the past 3 years were: 2011-12: £18,931,475 2012-13: £17,722,379 2013-14: £17,805,262 These figures cover the costs of all courses, including language training. It also includes the associated running costs (including salaries) to deliver learning and development in the UK and our 270 overseas posts. The data for 2014/15 is unavailable.

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 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 2015-01-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2015 to Question 219653, what the budget is for the advertising campaign to promote a greater take-up of superfast broadband.

Mr Edward Vaizey

For the areas to be covered by the Government’s phase 1 Superfast Broadband Programme, we estimate that up to a further £120m will be generated for investment in further coverage for every 10 percentage point increase on the programme’s 20% take-up baseline. The quicker people take up services in the areas delivered with public funding, the quicker funding is returned for reinvestment by the supplier; we therefore launched an £8 million national marketing campaign to raise awareness. The budget for the campaign was based on evidence of previous government campaigns to reach the optimum amount of our target audience.

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.

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

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

Dr Daniel Poulter

The total spend on staff learning and development in the last three financial years, combining both central spend by the learning and development section of Human Resources (HR) and by local directorates, is presented in the table below. The figures in the table below include payments for Civil Service HR expert services which in turn includes Civil Service Learning fees.

Financial Year	Annual Learning and Development Expenditure £
2011-12	976,527
2012-13	1,037,196
2013-14	779,461
1 April 2014 – 31 January 2015	644,335

The information in the above tables does not include costs incurred for programme-funded training, or training for non-permanent workers within the Department.

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

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

Mrs Theresa Villiers

My Department provides guidance to our managers and their staff on the Civil Service commitment to provide 5 days development a year.