To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many of his Department’s officials of each grade attended a training course overseas paid for by his Department in each month since 2007; what his policy is on officials attending overseas training courses; and if he will make a statement. (268507)

Disaggregated information on training courses attended by Treasury officials is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

The Treasury’s central records show that four officials attended training with an overseas component in the period concerned: two directors and a deputy director participated in a National School of Government leadership programme, and in addition, the Treasury sponsored one range D (SEO /HEO equivalent) to undertake a masters degree in economics.