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Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will provide a list of training programmes used by civil servants in her department since 2020.

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Answering body
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tabled
21 Apr 2026
Target answer date
23 Apr 2026
Answer
29 Apr 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will provide a list of training programmes used by civil servants in her department since 2020.

  2. 23 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 29 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    Since 2020, The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has provided training programmes accessed via Civil Service Learning, Government campus and an internal curriculum. The offer includes the development of core skills, leadership and management, profe...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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