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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

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Charles Hendry: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the (a) cost to the Department, (b) title and (c) location was of each training course organised by her Department for its staff in each financial year since 1997-98. [200392] Alun Michael: The responses to parts (a) , (b) and (c) of this question for the financial years 2000-01 to 2003-04 are contained in the summary table. These details relate only to the core corporate courses delivered by external training providers. Defra is fully committed to providing access to training for its staff to enable them to deliver Defra's business and to develop them to their full potential. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Course title Number Cost (£) Location of courses Administrative Grades Development 26 81,344 Surrey, Bournemouth, Preston, York Advanced Presentation Skills 5 9,950 London Advanced Writing Skills 14 18,200 York, London Assertiveness, Pressure and Time 18 19,800 London, York, Worcester Management Basic Guide to the European Union 6 5,400 York, London Be a Better Manager 42 745,919 Derby, London, York, Worcester, Bristol Bespoke Administrative Skills 19 43,700 York, London, Reading, Crewe Bespoke Change Skills 34 78,200 London, York, Bournemouth, Workington, Cambridge Bespoke European Union 26 23,400 London, York Bespoke Writing for Ministers 17 28,900 York, London, Bristol, Weybridge Bespoke Skills 26 88,400 York, Workington, London, Taunton Bespoke Writing at Work 32 41,600 London, York, Workington Bite Size Learning 24 60,000 Workington, Reading, Exeter, London, Crewe, Nottingham, York Buddying 15 75,000 London Chairing a Meeting 17 10,200 London, York, Worcester Competence Based Interviewing 41 82,000 London, Polwhele Diversity and Equality for 21 66,499 Cambridge, London, York, Specialists/SCS Worcester Diversity and Equality Workshops 173 138,400 London, York, Cambridge, Leeds, Reading, Leicester, Alnwick, Taunton, Exeter, Bristol, Carlisle Effective and Rapid Reading 7 18,021 London, York Diversity for Grades 3 to 6 3 4,614 London European Union Negotiating 1 3,326 London Getting Your Message Across 7 10,276 London, Worcester How to get the most from your 10 7,830 Cambridge, Crewe, York, Exeter, email London Introduction to Agriculture 1 619 London Influencing Skills 19 29,640 York, London Interpersonal Skills 24 52,412 London, York, Leeds, Cambridge Introduction to the European 9 81,000 London, York Union Minutes of Meetings 25 15,000 London, York, Worcester, Leeds, Cambridge Managing and Making Change Happen 50 479,500 York, Worcester, Derby, Bournemouth, Harrogate, London New Entrant Induction 103 280,689 London, York, Guildford, Worcester, Reading, Bristol, Taunton, Exeter, Leicester, Derby New Managers 97 535,573 Worcester, Bournemouth, London, York, Derby, Guildford, Bristol, Exeter, Leicester Performance Appraisal Management 812 544,382 London, York, Worcester, Leicester, Gloucester, Edinburgh, Reading, Bristol, Derby, Exeter Personal Development for EOs 4 31,248 Preston, Bournemouth, Guildford, Midlands, London Performance Appraisal Training 350 267,943 All Defra locations Presentation Skills 12 29,940 London, Worcester, Principled Practical Leadership 20 828,843 Oxford, London Project Awareness 9 55,800 London Project Management 9 18,000 London, York Promotion Board Interviewing 1 2,000 London Skills Senior Civil Service Interviewing 2 4,000 London Skills Selection Board Interviewing 8 48,000 Weybridge, London, Worcester Skills Staff Reporting and Appraisal 5 6,000 London, Cambridge Strategic Leadership 1 4,500 London Stress Awareness 11 15,400 York, Worcester, London Supervisory Skills for AOs 21 84,000 Leeds, Worcester, London, York Women Managers Development 13 31,514 York, London Writing at Work 23 27,600 Leeds, York, London, Cambridge Writing for Ministers 23 18,400 Cambridge, York, London Total 2,236 5,152,982 -- _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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Written question

Reference

200392; 428 c514-6W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Costs Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Government departments Location Training

Contains statistics

Yes

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