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date	03/05/2023
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ministers and Senior Civil Servants: Training
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Neville-Rolfe on 25 April (HL Deb cols 1184–5), what plans they have to ensure that (1) ministers, and (2) senior civil servants, are trained in key leadership skills.
tabling member printed	Lord Norton of Louth
uin	HL7646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2023 answer text <p>(1) The Government Skills and Curriculum Unit committed to developing a programme of induction and training for new ministers in the Declaration of Government Reform. The Declaration noted the importance of support for ministers in their roles as the most senior leaders in Government. This work is ongoing. A programme of masterclass sessions was rolled out over the last year. A particular area of focus is legislation and the provision of guidance and support to ministers taking bills through parliament.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>(2) We recognise the importance of ensuring Senior Civil Servants have the right leadership training. We provide a range of training programmes and events to support them in growing their knowledge, skills and networks to tackle many challenges. For example, we have recently launched a new programme for Directors, The Directors Leadership Programme. This has had input from the Blavatnik School for Government and a consortium of experts, to create a rigorous and focussed vehicle for leadership improvement.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 18/05/2023 12:20:30 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	3187 label Biography information for Lord Norton of Louth

1625836

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date	03/05/2023
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Department for Education: Civil Servants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government who in the Department for Education is responsible for ensuring that senior civil servants in the Department comply with section 3(6) of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010, as embodied in the Civil Service Code; and what steps they have taken to monitor and ensure compliance with the provision in the past two years.
tabling member printed	Lord Norton of Louth
uin	HL7647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2023 answer text <p>The department’s Leadership Team is responsible for setting standards within the department. Individual line managers are responsible for ensuring that staff are adhering to the Civil Service Code on a day-to-day basis.</p><p>Information about the Civil Service Code is shared regularly with employees, including in employee contracts and induction material. Clear processes are in place to enable anyone to report a breach of the Code. In the latest staff survey, 100% of Senior Civil Servants confirmed they are aware of and understand the Code.</p> answering member printed Baroness Barran question first answered 16/05/2023 15:41:30 answering member 4703 label Biography information for Baroness Barran
tabling member	3187 label Biography information for Lord Norton of Louth

1625859

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date	03/05/2023
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Senior Civil Servants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Sharpe of Epsom on 22 March (HL6263), what evidence the Permanent Secretary to the Home Office has to demonstrate that officials who advise ministers "are aware of the constitutional significance of Parliament and of the conventions governing the relationship between Parliament and [His] Majesty's Government", as set out in section 3(6) of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010.
tabling member printed	Lord Norton of Louth
uin	HL7648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2023 answer text <p>All submissions to Ministers ask that Civil Servants have considered Parliamentary handling and followed the Civil Service Code. The Code makes reference to section 3(6) of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010. All submissions must be signed off by a Senior Civil Servant (SCS) and copied to the Permanent Secretary.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office also has an extensive parliamentary capability training programme for teams across the department, which at its centre focuses on training civil servants to support Ministers in fulfilling their obligations to Parliament.</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 17/05/2023 10:42:46 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	3187 label Biography information for Lord Norton of Louth