You asked

Please find below a set of questions sent to you for response under the FOI act.

  1. Please state the total number of staff within your procurement team

  2. Of the number provided in response to question 1, please state the number of staff within your procurement team that have;

    A CIPS or other professional procurement qualification

    Please state number

    No professional procurement qualification, but are currently undergoing training

    Please state number

  3. What is your total third party (non-pay) spend across the whole of your organisation in the following financial years. Please note this is total spend by the organisation and is to include payments below £500;

    2012/13
    £

    2013/14
    £

    2014/15
    £

  4. What training is available to procurement staff? Tick all that apply;

    In-house training
    Yes / No
    Additional comments

    E-Learning
    Yes / No
    Additional comments

    External training provider
    Yes / No
    Additional comments

    Formal body (CIPS)
    Yes / No
    Additional comments

    Consultant
    Yes / No
    Additional comments

  5. For your procurement staff, do you have a documented program of training and/or development?
    Yes / No

  6. How many of your procurement staff have undertaken commercial training within the last;

    12 months
    Please state number

    24 months
    Please state number

  7. How many people, not within the procurement function, have received commercial training within the last;

    12 months
    Please state number

    24 months
    Please state number

  8. If you have answer Q7 with a positive number, how was this training provided?

    In-house training
    Yes / No
    Additional comments

    E-Learning
    Yes / No
    Additional comments

    External training provider
    Yes / No
    Additional comments

    Formal body (CIPS)
    Yes / No
    Additional comments

    Consultant
    Yes / No
    Additional comments

We said

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