To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much was spent by his Department on (a) staff and (b) communication training in the last 12 months. (153036)

The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only by identifying individual staff training records for those staff that transferred from the Home Office prior to the creation of the Ministry of Justice on 9 May 2007 and would incur disproportionate cost.

During the financial year 2006-07, my former Department, the Department for Constitutional Affairs spent £2,192,701 on staff training which included communication training.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much was spent by his Department on staff away days in the last 12 months. (153037)

The responsibility for arranging staff away days in the Ministry of Justice is for each individual directorate and the costs are met from local budgets. Therefore, the information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.