Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much has been spent on what (a) media training and (b) social media training for (i) him and (ii) Ministers in his Department since May 2010.

I refer to the reply given on 3 Feb 2014 to the hon. Member for Rhondda (Chris Bryant) Official Report col. 109W. There has been no expenditure on social media training for any Ministers in the Department.

3 Feb 2014 : Column 109W

Chris Bryant: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much his Department spent on communications and media training for (a) Ministers and (b) senior civil servants in each year since 2010. [185708]

Mike Penning: In 2010-11 the Department spent £3,525 on media training for Ministers. We do not hold data on the number of senior civil servants that received training in this year.

From 2011 media training has been delivered through Civil Service Training and we do not hold data breaking down attendees into further categories.