Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what professional development courses are made available to staff of his Department; and what the cost to the public purse is of each such course.

The Defence Academy provides professional skills and knowledge courses to Defence personnel. The Defence Academy 2014 course prospectus can be found on the Academy's website (www.da.mod.uk). A copy of that report and the 2012-13 Training and Education Statistical Analysis have been placed in the Library of the House.
The cost of providing each individual course is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. The Defence Academy total operating costs in FY 2013-14 was £130.617 million.