Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, 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.
Three Ministers received media training from an external provider in July 2010, at a total cost of £3,000. The training was designed to assist them in clearly communicating the work of the Ministry of Justice to the public. There has been no further spending on such training.
No Minister has received social media training.