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Departments: Training

Volume 463: debated on Monday 3 September 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much was spent by his Department on staff away days in the last 12 months. (153111)

Individual departments within DFID plan and manage development away days and team building exercises for their staff in accordance with their specific needs in the context of business planning, continual professional development and performance improvement. Costs are usually met through delegated divisional or departmental training budgets.

DFID does not separately record its expenditure on staff away days, and therefore is unable to provide the breakdown requested without incurring disproportionate costs.