HC Deb 18 July 2003 vol 409 c685W
Mr. Flight

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the cost was to his Department of media and voice training for ministers and officials in each year since 1997. [123130]

Yvette Cooper

The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister was created on 29 May 2002. Expenditure on media skills training has been as follows:

Ministers Officials (£)
29 May 2002–31 March 2003 nil 9,165.00
1 April 2003–30 June 2003 nil 3,053.62