Departmental Vocational Training

Mr. Hayes
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport for what proportion of its staff her Department has provided vocational training in the last three years.

Jim Fitzpatrick
The proportion of Department for Transport staff who have been provided with vocational training in the last three years is as

follows:

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|    |Staff receiving training|Total staff|Proportion (percentage)|
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|2005|8861                    |19,286     |46                     |
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|2006|8499                    |19,143     |44                     |
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|2007|7617                    |18,840     |40                     |
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