§ Mr. SimonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what his budget is for staff training in information and communication technology in this financial year. [173718]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonThe Department does not hold a corporate budget for training in information and communications technology (ICT). Individual business units will assign funds to ICT training according to business need. Programmes to implement Department-wide applications or upgrades to desktop software packages will have a funding allocation for training. In the financial year 2004–05, although there is no formal corporate budget, the Department expects to spend in the region of £250,000 on training in information and communication technology.