Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much was spent on training for civil servants across Government in each of the last five financial years for which data is available.

The Cabinet Office manages a set of commercial contracts through which the Civil Service can commission training. These central frameworks give the Civil Service access to specialist training expertise and in providing a central service, increased efficiency, provide better insight on value for money and training impact.

The Cabinet Office can report on the training that is delivered through these contracts. Research conducted in early 2022 suggests that just less than half of all training spend in the Civil Service is routed through these frameworks. The Cabinet Office cannot report on training which is not delivered through these frameworks. This data is held by individual departments and professions.

The data held by the Cabinet Office shows that: