Vol. 502 No. 3
127 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources if staff members of his Department have received funding to attend courses; if so, the number of courses attended; the names of the courses; and the amount paid since June 1997. [7581/99]
Training and development opportunities are provided for staff in my Department as part of our overall strategy to ensure effective work performance and to make the optimum use of limited staff resources. Expenditure is allocated to computer training, a wide range of skills and development programmes, attendance at seminars and conferences and the refund of fees scheme, whereby staff are financially supported for attending third-level courses in their own time which are relevant to the work of my Department and the wider Civil Service.
From June, 1997 to date, the total expenditure on training has been £162,382.36. A breakdown of this expenditure is outlined in the following table.
|
Computer training |
£58,617 |
|
Skills/development courses |
£60,582.88 |
|
Conferences and seminars |
£27,170.48 |
|
Refund of fees |
£16,012 |
|
Name of course |
Number ofAttendees |
|
Computer training – Word 6 |
168 |
|
Computer training – Windows 95 |
137 |
|
Computer training – Excel (Beginners) |
56 |
|
Computer training – Excel (Intermediate) |
26 |
|
Computer training – Access |
32 |
|
Computer training – Skills for IT unit |
3 |
|
Computer Aided Design |
24 |
|
Information Systems Issues |
8 |
|
Management Development Programme |
24 |
|
Clerical development programme |
12 |
|
Government accounting |
12 |
|
Public procurement |
26 |
|
Stress Management |
10 |
|
Environmental impact assessment programme |
15 |
|
Name of course |
Number ofAttendees |
|
Internal quality auditing |
3 |
|
Payroll administration |
2 |
|
Legislative process |
10 |
|
Speed reading skills |
20 |
|
Language classes (French and German) |
14 |
|
Know your clients |
1 |
|
Managing customer service |
1 |
|
Media skills |
1 |
|
Internal audit |
1 |
|
European negotiation skills |
1 |
|
Off-site employee management |
2 |
|
Women's leadership programme: crossing the boundaries |
1 |
|
Damage stability |
1 |
|
Front-line skills |
3 |
|
Writing skills |
6 |
|
Presentation skills |
5 |
|
First aid training |
4 |
|
Interpersonal skills |
4 |
|
Effective meetings |
2 |
|
Legislative process |
9 |
|
Freedom of Information Act briefing session |
90 |
|
Freedom of Information Act – one-day course |
16 |
|
Freedom of Information Act – advanced |
2 |
|
Working Together – partnership programme |
40 |
|
Critical incident stress debriefing |
1 |
