Business: Training
(asked on 15th March 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what information his Department holds on whether companies are increasing the training opportunities available for their employees.
Data published in the UKCES Employer Skills Survey 2015 suggests that while total expenditure on training has increased between 2011 and 2015 the amount per employee has remained the same.
Total training expenditure and spend per person and per trainee 2011 - 2015
| Total (£bn) | Spend per trainee (£) | Spend per employee (£) |
2011 | 43.8 | 2,974 | 1,620 |
2013 | 43.0 | 2,560 | 1,600 |
2015 | 45.4 | 2,610 | 1,640 |
Employee Skills Survey 2015 (UKCES) Table A.5.13