To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the answer of 2 February 2009, Official Report, column 861W, on departmental training, which Ministers attended the public communications course; and how much the course cost to provide. (265679)

Identifying Ministers who undertake training may discourage participation in future training sessions, acting as a disincentive for Ministers to undertake formal professional development. The total cost of the public communications course was £4,050.