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<p>Information on the total expenditure on education and training of the adult social
care workforce is not available centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is the
responsibility of individual social care employers to ensure their staff are appropriately
trained and competent to carry out their role. The Department of Health has supported
employers to train their staff through the sponsorship of Skills for Care, the Social
Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) and the National Skills Academy for Social Care.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Funding to develop the social care workforce (both regulated
and non-regulated) has been made available to these organisations as follows:</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£27.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£31.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£30.7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><em>Notes</em>:</p><p> </p><p>Figures include some
social work programmes and in the case of SCIE are funding for e-learning only. The
Department does not hold figures for non-regulated care staff only.</p><p> </p>
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