Andrew Selous
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(10 years, 10 months ago)
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Mark Menzies (Fylde) (Con)
6. What steps he is taking to improve commercial skills in the civil service.
Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire) (Con)
7. What steps he is taking to improve commercial skills in the civil service.
David Mowat (Warrington South) (Con)
9. What steps he is taking to improve commercial skills in the civil service.
Andrew Selous
When does my right hon. Friend expect that all those in charge of major Government IT contracts will have gone through the programme at Oxford Said business school, and is he satisfied that that is the very best place to send these people?
Mr Maude
I am absolutely satisfied with the Major Projects Leadership Academy, which was set up to address what was identified by everybody as a major deficiency in Government and is now approaching its second anniversary. There is a requirement for all major project leaders to be alumni of the academy by the end of 2015, and all of them will have at least started training by the end of the current year. We started with a real deficiency of skills and experience, but we are building those with civil servants, which has been very much welcomed.