Question to the Wales Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, 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.

My Department plays a key role in providing advice and training to civil servants across Whitehall on Welsh devolution and intergovernmental relations. This includes working with the Cabinet Office to deliver events to promote greater understanding of these, including the Devolution and You Programme, Devolution Learning Week and the Civil Service Interchange Programme.

In addition, my officials are delivering a programme of bespoke training sessions across Whitehall in the coming weeks on the new devolution settlement in Wales, so that as many officials as possible are aware of the key changes that took place on 1 April.