Training information

Dyddiad y datganiad:
3 March 2015

you asked

I require some information regarding training spent on your staff in the department.

I am requesting this information in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and appreciate your timely response; the questions I would like to ask are included below:

  1. In the last 2 years have you purchased any it technical training for the ICT /IT department from QA training covering IT Technical Courses such as Microsoft, VMware, Oracle, Citrix and Cisco?

  2. What is the exact job title of the manger or team leader in ICT/IT department who has made the purchase?

  3. Has the ICT/IT technical department pre-paid for this training? If they have, please state amount spent

  4. Have they, in the last 3 years purchased a Skills Licence IT Training Package from QA training, please state the amount purchased and the amounts remaining?

  5. Has the buying IT manger secured 3 quotes for the purchase of the skills licence? If so which were the other companies who submitted the exact same skills licence prices?

  6. When will the next skills licence be purchased by the ICT/IT DEPARTMENT?

  7. Who will purchase the next ICT technical training skills licence?

  8. Please provide an ICT department organisation chart

  9. How many people are there in the ICT department?

  10. Does the ICT / IT technical department purchase IT technical training for products such Microsoft, Cisco, VMware, Oracle and Citrix in February and March to utilise remaining budget for the financial year if so how do you justify the purchase?

  11. How much have you spent on training for the past three financial years? Also please list the top three suppliers that you use for training?

  12. At what points during the year does the department make decisions to purchase training throughout the year? How much of the training budget remains for this financial year (ending 31st March 2015)?

  13. Who is responsible for purchasing department’s training (i.e. which departments and who are the decision makers)?

We said

  1. Yes. Training has been purchased from QA Ltd. I have assumed that QA Ltd is the same as QA training listed in the question

  2. The purchase of the training would have been requested by the individual who attended the course, in agreement with their line manager. The actual purchasing would have been carried out by the IT admin support team

  3. No

  4. No

  5. Not applicable as the answer to the previous question was no

  6. Unknown. It will be dependant on the learning requirement of individuals, how their work and related knowledge base has changed

  7. The purchase of training will be identified by the individual but purchased via the IT admin team

  8. Chart provided below

  9. There are 267.2 full time equivalent staff

  10. No training is purchased as and when required by individuals or teams

  11. Amount spent on all training over the last three years is £886,319.00. The three top suppliers in non specific order have been Actian Europe, Capita and Emergn

  12. Decisions to purchase training are made throughout the year based on the departmental and individual need. There is no set time in which training has to be identified. The training budget for the financial year 2014/15 has been fully committed

  13. The purchasing or training is carried out by the IT admin team, based upon a requirement outlined by a member of staff and agreed by their line manager

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