Tag: Chi Onwurah

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.

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 2015-01-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the French government on joint counter-terrorism and surveillance activities.

Mr Tobias Ellwood

First may I once again offer our deepest condolences, and express our solidarity with France, following the Paris attacks. I have regular discussions with my French counter-part on security and counter-terrorism issues.

The Honourable Member will understand that I cannot comment on intelligence matters.

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

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what his Department’s training budget was 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, 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.