Disclosure Scotland learning and development spend: FOI release

Information requested

1. External training spend in the previous 3 fiscal years (2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20) in Disclosure Scotland, broken down by:

• Amount spent through the Civil Service Learning contract and amount spent to deliver external training through other contracts

• Under the Civil Service Learning Contract:
  - Amount spent on online/digital delivery versus amount spent on in-person delivery
  - Amount of spend allocated for bespoke courses specifically developed for your needs and amount of spend allocated for ‘off-the-shelf’ training material

2. Breakdown of the 2019/20 external training spend through the CSL contract in Disclosure Scotland by course, including:

• Total amount spent per course

• Total number of learners per course

• Training provider that delivered the course

• Course delivery method – i.e. online/digital or in-person

• Name of course

• Subject area of course

3. External training budget for 2020/21 fiscal year in Disclosure Scotland, broken down by:

• Budget to spend through the Civil Service Learning contract and budget to spend on the delivery of external training through other contracts

4. Any analysis undertaken on how your department’s training needs have shifted this year compared to previous years

• For example, are you planning greater emphasis on Leadership & Management courses or training delivered through digital/online courses?

5. Total number of civil service employees working in Disclosure Scotland (please provide latest available data)

Response

1. The CSL contract is managed through Core Scottish Government with Disclosure Scotland allocation as follows:

• 2017/18 £4481.30

• 2018/19 £4210.96

• 2019/20 £3467.57

We are unable to break this down further as information is held centrally in core Scottish Government.

	Other contracts	CSL	Year
Job related training	£49,120	£0	1920
	£72,356	£0	1819
	£102,432	£0	1718
Total	£223,908	£0

2. The CSL contract is managed through Core Scottish Government with Disclosure Scotland allocation as follows:

• 2017/18 £4481.30

• 2018/19 £4210.96

• 2019/20 £3467.57

We are unable to break this down further as information held centrally in core Scottish Government.

3. 

	Other contracts	CSL	YR
Training budget 20/21	£50,000	£0	2021

We are unable to provide information about the CSL allocation for 2020/21 as Core Scottish Government do not have subscription costs yet.

4. Disclosure Scotland will continue to undertake a blended approach to learning utilising the resources available through the Scottish Government, in-house learning and a range of external providers. In early 2020 an in-house Wellbeing Programme for Managers commenced, however this is now being changed to encompass on-line and webinar delivery.

We are also planning leadership and management training which will be designed and delivered in – house by webinars and on-line material.

This year we have placed a greater emphasis on webinars and on-line learning utilising mainly Scottish Government Webinars as well as commissioning Remote Working and Mental Health Awareness webinars from other providers. It is likely that this will continue into 2021.

5. There are 292 civil service employees currently working in Disclosure Scotland

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