Please advise:
1.The total spending by your Council on training for your staff in the financial year 2023/24 –
| 2023/2024 Spend | |
| Total spend on training | £672,250.83 |
| Total spend on conference and seminars | £60,380.90 |
| Grand total | £732,631.73 |
2. The title of each training course your staff attended in the financial year 2023/24 and the name of any external provider where applicable
Records for external training attended by staff is not held centrally, so we are unable to provide it. Information about all training completed via our internal Learning Management System can be seen at Training
3. The total spending by your Council on conference fees and expenses for your staff in the financial year 2023/24
Please see our response to question 1
4. The name of each conference your staff attended in the financial year 2023/24
We do not hold a central record of this information and to obtain this information would require an enquiry of every individual team in the authority; compliance with this request would exceed the appropriate cost limit under Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which is £450 or 18 hours of officer time