Home Office: Training

(asked on 2nd May 2018) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, 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
Victoria Atkins Portrait
Victoria Atkins
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
This question was answered on 10th May 2018

The Home Office is committed to raising the capability of its staff around devolution and intergovernmental working. Training packages broadly fall into three categories: those tailored to specific business areas; those focused on specific groups of officials, such as fast streamers and those working on legislation; and as part of broader campaigns such as Devolution Learning Week. Devolution training can also be incorporated into broader training products.

The Home Office is also an active participant in the Devolution and You campaign. Devolution and You was established in 2015 following a Civil Service Board commission. The Board recognised the need for greater understanding of devolution among civil servants and for better intergovernmental working across the different administrations in the UK. The program is led by Cabinet Office in partnership with the Scottish and Welsh Governments. It aims to build devolution awareness and civil servant networks across the One Civil Service through shared learning and knowledge exchange throughout the year.

Providing exact numbers of those trained would be at disproportionate cost

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