Civil Service: Training and Development Debate
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(12 years, 1 month ago)
Lords ChamberMy Lords, certainly there are training courses for civil servants in how to work with Parliament, particularly for those going into private offices. I have met a number of civil servants who have been through such courses.
Does not the Minister protest too much? Is not the key driver of this move away from the school and a return to learning on the job simply cost saving?
It is not the key driver, but it is one factor. The National Audit Office report’s discovery led from the next generation human resources proposals of 2009, so we are talking about some continuity from one Government to another. The discovery that the provision across different departments was so remarkably unco-ordinated and could be provided much more cheaply should naturally be taken into account by any Government—the previous one or this.