Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's training budget was in each of the last three financial years.

The Department for Transport has and continues to make a significant investment in learning and development for its staff.

In the last three financial years, the Department’s original training budgets were as follows:

· 2013-14 - £12,882,894

· 2012-13 - £11,526,697

· 2011-12 - £11,155,906