§ Mr. WhittingdaleTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much has been spent by her Department on training by the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art for Ministers and officials in each of the last five years. [48879]
§ Ms HewittThe majority of the Department's training budget is allocated to individual directorates. Each directorate has responsibility for managing, monitoring and evaluating attendance at training events in line with the departmental business and training plans. Disproportionate costs would be incurred to collate the data centrally for the purposes of answering this question.
§ Mr. WhittingdaleTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much has been spent by her Department on training in leadership skills for Ministers and officials in each of the last five years [48880]
§ Ms HewittThe Department centrally funds some leadership training. These figures, available for the last three years, are detailed in the table.
£ 1 April 2001 to 31 March 2002 1592,064 1 April 2000 to 31 March 2001 380,449 1 April 1999 to 31 March 2000 276,444 1Provisional However, the majority of the Department's training budget is allocated to individual directorates. Each directorate has responsibility for managing, monitoring and evaluating attendance at training events in line with the departmental business and training plans. Disproportionate costs would be incurred to collate the data centrally for the purposes of answering this question.
934WThe Department also encourages the use of in-house mentors, coaches and job shadowing as a means of developing staff. Although recognised in terms of staff costs, this does not have a direct cash cost.