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78774

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2014, Official Report, column 710W, on training, in which the Minister indicated that Ministers had received £3,000 worth of media training, which company provided media training in June 2010; what the nature of this training was; and which ministers received such training.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	206536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>The media training was provided by the Chartered Institute of Public Relations in June 2010 to Crispin Blunt, Lord McNally and Jonathan Djanogly, who were Ministers in the Department at the time.</p><p> </p><p>There is a high-level of interest in the work of the Ministry of Justice and this training was designed to aid Ministers to convey the work of the Department to the public and to clearly explain the reforms being undertaken across their policy areas.</p><p> </p><p>There has been no spending on external media training since then.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 01/09/2014 10:19:12 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

77334

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, 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.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	205303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>2010 -</p><p>· Edward Davey, former Minister for Employment Relations, Consumer and Postal Affairs: June 2010; John Hayes, former Minister for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning: June 2010; Baroness Wilcox, former Parliamentary Under Secretary for Business, Innovation and Skills: June 2010: £2,100</p><p> </p><p>2012</p><p>· Jo Swinson, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs (jointly with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport): October 2012 £2,200</p><p>· Matthew Hancock, Minister for Skills (jointly with Department for Education) Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State: October 2012 £2,200</p><p> </p><p>2013</p><p>· Viscount Younger, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills: May 2013; £3,300</p><p> </p><p>2014</p><p>· Jenny Willott - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Employment Relations and Consumer Affairs: March 2014; £3,300</p><p> </p><p>These training sessions would have covered television, radio and journalist interviews. There are no costs associated with Social Media training.</p><p> </p><p>The department organises media training for ministers to help them undertake their official duty as spokespersons for the Department. Every effort is taken to ensure value for the tax payer.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 21/07/2014 16:57:00 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

77338

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many awaydays his Department has held for officials in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date; and what the cost was of each such event.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	205287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not hold data on Directorate away days or the cost of them as each event is held only when needed and not on a regular basis.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 21/07/2014 15:45:09 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

77347

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, 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.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	205316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the former Economic Secretary to the Treasury, <a title="Our page on Justine Greening - 'the right hon. Member for Putney (Justine Greening)'" href="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/?m=40490" target="_blank">Justine Greening</a>, on 19 October 2012, <a href="http://www.theyworkforyou.com/search/?pop=1&amp;s=date:20101020+column:808+section:wrans" target="_blank">Hansard, column 546W</a>. No Treasury Ministers have received formal media or social media training in the intervening period.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 21/07/2014 15:48:16 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

77350

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many awaydays his Department has held for officials in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date; and what the cost was of each such event.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	205300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The department does not hold a central record of away days for officials and the information cannot be provided within the disproportionate costs threshold. The cost of each event cannot be broken down.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 21/07/2014 15:51:24 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

77352

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, 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.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	205305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Communities and Local Government has not spent any money on (a) media training or (b) social media training for Ministers in the Department since May 2010.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I note that the Parliamentary record states that Ministers in the last Administration from 2008 to 2010 spent £2,115 on public speaking training and £650 on professional development (as outlined in 30 March 2009, Official Report, column 966W).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 21/07/2014 15:11:12 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

77356

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many awaydays his Department has held for officials in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date; and what the cost was of each such event.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	205290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department's accounting system does not record expenditure on away days separately from other staff training and development costs. To identify and summarise these costs for the period requested would incur disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 18/07/2014 11:25:15 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

77359

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, 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.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	205306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State &amp; the ministers in the Department have not undertaken (a) media training (b) social media training in this financial year.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 18/07/2014 11:24:11 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

77373

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, 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.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	205307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>No money has been spent on either media training or social media training for my Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State, her predecessor or other ministers in the Department for Education since May 2010.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education has curbed spending on all communications activity, bringing the central costs of communication down from £54 million in the last year of the previous administration to £12 million in 2011-12, and down to under £1 million in 2013-14.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 21/07/2014 16:51:59 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

77374

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many awaydays his Department has held for officials in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date; and what the cost was of each such event.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
uin	205291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 21/07/2014 15:03:03 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter