Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Training

(asked on 2nd May 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what training his Department has provided to (a) general civil servants, (b) fast stream civil servants and (c) senior civil servants on devolution and inter-governmental relations; how many such courses have taken place; and how many civil servants have attended such training courses in each of the last five years.


Answered by
George Eustice Portrait
George Eustice
This question was answered on 15th May 2018

Defra uses Civil Service Learning and local delivery for the provision of learning and development.

Defra provides a range of learning on devolution and intergovernmental relations for all levels of staff. This includes online learning, face to face workshops, and bespoke sessions designed for specific requirements of Defra staff. The learning includes sessions for new and existing staff, senior civil servants, fast stream civil servants, civil servants registered in talent schemes, civil servants working on legislation, and those working closely with Ministers.

Since April 2017, Defra has facilitated or delivered 20 devolution seminars to over 1,200 of its staff who have the most engagement with counterparts in the devolved administrations. We do not hold information on the numbers of Defra staff who attended devolution training held before 2017.

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