Speeches

Chi Onwurah – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chi Onwurah on 2015-02-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spent on training in each of the last three financial years.

Dr Daniel Poulter

The total spend on staff learning and development in the last three financial years, combining both central spend by the learning and development section of Human Resources (HR) and by local directorates, is presented in the table below. The figures in the table below include payments for Civil Service HR expert services which in turn includes Civil Service Learning fees.

Financial Year

Annual Learning and Development Expenditure £

2011-12

976,527

2012-13

1,037,196

2013-14

779,461

1 April 2014 – 31 January 2015

644,335

The information in the above tables does not include costs incurred for programme-funded training, or training for non-permanent workers within the Department.