Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what has been the total sum they have spent buying places on Common Purpose courses during each of the last 20 years; and to detail exactly (1) how, and (2) where, such expenditure is recorded.
No centrally held record of expenditure on training or learning is maintained covering the entirety of the period specified.
Common Purpose is not a provider of training through Civil Service Learning.