Written question asked by Archie Norman (Conservative) on Friday, 23 January 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 2 February 2004. It was answered by Lord Hutton of Furness (Labour) on Monday, 2 February 2004 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on Knowledge and Skills Framework training for staff and managers in the 12 early implementer sites as part of the Agenda for Change programme; and what his estimate is of the total cost to the NHS of Knowledge and Skills Framework staff training; how much has been spent on job evaluation training for staff and managers in the 12 early implementer sites as part of the Agenda for Change programme; and what his estimate is of the total cost to the NHS for staff training in job evaluation. - No figures.

Answer: Mr. Norman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much his Department has spent on knowledge and skills framework training for staff and managers in the 12 early implementer sites as part of the "Agenda for Change" programme; and what his estimate is of the total cost to the NHS of knowledge and skills framework staff training; [151146] (2) how much has been spent on job evaluation training for staff and managers in the 12 early implementer sites as part of the "Agenda for Change" programme; and what his estimate is of the total cost to the NHS for staff training in job evaluation. [151147] Mr. Hutton: The direct costs so far incurred centrally in providing training in use of the proposed new national health service job evaluation system and NHS knowledge and skills framework are around £256,000. This excludes the costs incurred by NHS organisations in making staff available to receive training.

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