Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will provide a list of training programmes used by civil servants in her department since 2020.

The department offers a wide range of training and development opportunities to our employees across a broad curriculum. The majority of this training is delivered through the cross‑government Civil Service Learning platform, which can be accessed at Skills for Government here: https://prospectus.governmentcampus.co.uk/find-out-more/skills-for-government/.

Core learning areas accessed by the department include:

• Planning and delivery

• Leadership

• Communication

• Working with Parliament and government

• Grant management

• Problem solving

• Line management

• Developing behaviours

• Information, data and analysis

• Change management and agility

• Budget management

• Contract management

• Stakeholder and customer engagement

• IT software skills

• Artificial intelligence.

In addition, directorates and professional functions across the department commission or access bespoke training where required to meet specialist, technical or role‑specific needs.