The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chi Onwurah on 2015-02-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department’s training budget was in each of the last three financial years.
Anna Soubry
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on the 3 March 2015 to Question 224510.
http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&max=20&questiontype=AllQuestions&house=commons%2clords&uin=224510
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 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department’s training budget was in each of the last three financial years.
Dan Rogerson
The Core Department does not budget at a level of detail that allows for the identification of annual training budgets. The information requested can therefore not be provided.
The table below sets out details of spend on training within Core Defra in the last three complete financial years. This information can also be found in the Department’s published Annual Reports and Accounts.
|
Financial Year |
Spend on Training (£000) |
|
2011-12 |
1,191 |
|
2012-13 |
1,353 |
|
2013-14 |
1,105 |
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 George Hollingbery on 2015-02-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of trends in levels of eligibility for social care set by councils between 2005 and 2010.
Norman Lamb
During 2005/06 to 2009/10, the number of councils which set their local eligibility at the “substantial” banding within the existing guidance increased by nearly a third, and the number of councils setting their eligibility at “moderate” decreased by a similar proportion. This indicates councils making restrictions in access and eligibility over this period.
The following table sets out the percentage of councils in each of the bandings between 2005/06 and 2009/10. The bandings were set out in 2003 guidance and updated in 2010 by Prioritising Need in the Context of Putting People First: A whole system approach to eligibility for social care, which retained the same eligibility framework based on four bandings.
|
Percentage of LAs at Critical |
Percentage of LAs at Substantial |
Percentage of LAs at Moderate |
Percentage of LAs at Low |
|
|
2005/06 |
2.2% |
55.0% |
36.7% |
6.1% |
|
2006/07 |
1.4% |
62.2% |
33.2% |
3.2% |
|
2007/08 |
2.1% |
69.7% |
26.5% |
1.7% |
|
2008/09 |
2.1% |
70.5% |
25.7% |
1.7% |
|
2009/10 |
2.0% |
71.1% |
25.0% |
2.0% |
Source: The Care Quality Commission. This is provided as % as the total number of local authorities (LAs) providing social care changed over this period.
To resolve substantial and longstanding concerns from people with care needs that the existing framework is opaque and not applied consistently across England, the Government is introducing a national minimum eligibility threshold for adult care and support from 1 April 2015. This will provide more clarity on what level of needs are eligible for care and support. LAs will no longer be able to tighten the criteria beyond this threshold, but they will have the flexibility to meet other needs that are not eligible, if they chose to do so.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chi Onwurah on 2015-02-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department’s training budget 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 Justice, what his Department’s training budget was 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 Scotland, how much his Department spent on training in each of the last three financial years.
David Mundell
The Scotland Office’s expenditure on training in each of the last three financial years is shown below:
|
|
11/12 |
12/13 |
13/14 |
|
Outturn |
£3,111 |
£7,314 |
£9,118 |
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Stephen Timms on 2015-02-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of raising the participation age on the take up of apprenticeships by 16 to 19 year olds.
Nick Boles
The latest participation data shows there was an increase in the proportion of 16-18 year olds taking an apprenticeship in 2013/14. The proportion of 16 year olds – the first cohort affected by the raising of the participation age (RPA) – was unchanged. Participation data for 2014/15 is not yet available
There are a number of factors that may affect the take up of apprenticeships, and no assessment has been made of the distinct impact of the introduction of RPA.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chi Onwurah on 2015-02-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, 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.
Esther McVey
The below figures relate to e-learning, the events delivered via Civil Service Learning and the learning days delivered by DWP Operations. It should however also be noted that additional development activity would have been undertaken which is not captured here, as well as the fact that Civil Service Learning was not created until 1st January 2012.
The average number of days training of full-time equivalent staff employed by the Department in each of the last three financial years is as follows:
|
Total training days |
FTE |
Average No. training days |
|
|
Apr 11 – Mar 12 |
310,239.48 |
88,626.40 |
3.5 |
|
Apr 12 – Mar 13 |
253,658.21 |
85,129.22 |
3.0 |
|
Apr 13 – Mar 14 |
261,155.88 |
83,941.67 |
3.2 |
The decrease in training days after 2011/12 is partly explained by the formation of CSL in 2012, which led to a rationalisation of the number of learning events to provide better focussed high quality events more targeted to specific learning needs and organisational requirements. The establishment of a common curriculum of products for learning provision across the Civil Service through CSL reduced duplication and overlap between courses and a more blended approach led to more learning activity taking place through E learning and other interventions rather than a classroom based solution.