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Direct Communications Unit

2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DF

Switchboard 020 7035 4848 Fax: 020 7035 4745 Textphone: 020 7035 4742

E-mail: [Home Office request email] Website: www.homeoffice.gov.uk

Mr John Walker

[FOI #4589 email]

CTS Reference: T25602/8

FOI Reference: 10900

08 January 2008

Dear Mr Walker,

Thank you for your e-mail sent on 6 December 2008 which was received by the Home Office on 08 December. You requested that we disclose, following media coverage of training received by the Home Secretary, further information on six “executive coaching” sessions completed by the Home Secretary. You specifically requested the following:

the name of the training provider;
the names and dates of the courses she attended;
the cost of each course;
a copy of the course syllabus and training materials.

I am pleased to be able to disclose the information that you requested to you where information is held by the Home Office.

The training was provided by Learning Laboratory.

The following table provides the dates of the training sessions and their respective cost. The sessions did not have “names”.

Date	Cost (inc. VAT)
02/08/07	£734.37 (including session of 14/11/07)
14/11/07	N/A
23/01/08	£440.62
18/03/08	£638.14
22/07/08	£705.00
17/11/08	£352.50

No course syllabus existed as the training received was tailored one-to-one coaching. A copy of any training materials used within the sessions has not been retained by the Home Office.

If you are dissatisfied with this response you may request an independent internal review of any aspect of our handling of your application by submitting your complaint to:

Information Policy Team
Information and Record Management Service
Home Office
4th Floor, Seacole Building
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF

During the internal review the department's handling of your information request will be reassessed by staff who were not involved in providing you with this response. Should you remain dissatisfied after this internal review, you will have a right of complaint to the Information Commissioner as established by section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act.

I hope that you find this information of interest, and would like to assure you that you have been supplied with all relevant information that the Home Office holds.

Yours sincerely,

Benjamin Gibson