Special advisers are temporary civil servants appointed under Article 3 of the Civil Service Order in Council 1995, and are allowed the same training opportunities open to permanent civil servants, if there was a sufficient business case. As with all of their work, special advisers should not use official resources for party political activity. This would also include any training that they were allocated.
All training courses undertaken by the special advisers are linked to the Professional Skills for Government agenda and the Department's business and improvement objectives.