Since its establishment on 12 October 2007 the Government Equalities Office have used the following external organisations and made the following payments for the provision of staff training
External training organisation Course title Total cost (£) 2007-08 Alpha Training Drafting Ministerial Correspondence 2,088 Appearing Before Select Committee Effective Time Management National School of Government Assertiveness At Work 19,450.00 Employment Law Appearing Before Select Committee EU Workshop Prince2 Conversion Practitioners Exams Bill Team Seminar Leaders Unlimited Development Programme Department for Work and Pensions Leadership Development Programme 576 Total cost 22,114 2008-09 Centre for Parliamentary Studies Writing a Strategy 564 CIPD Enterprises Employment Law Workshop 576 Dods Parliamentary Comms A-Z of Policy 564 Govnet Communications Strategic Thinking 495 Hemsley Fraser Learning and Development The Newly Appointed Manager 892 Learning Laboratory Ltd. Executive Course 1,410 National School of Government Stakeholder Engagement 910 Total cost to date 5,410 Total cost of GEO training 27,524