HL Deb 05 June 2000 vol 613 cc124-5WA
Lord Lucas

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How much training has been provided by the Civil Service College to civil servants at the request of departments where they were working on the implications and practice of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information since the inception of that code. [HL2527]

The Minister of State, Cabinet Office (Lord Falconer of Thoroton)

Since 1994, 137 civil servants have attended a one-day course at the Civil Service College on this subject. This topic is also cove red as an integral part of a number of other college courses.