To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost to her Department was of diversity training during (a) 2002 and (b) 2003; what programmes took place and at what cost, in 2006; and if she will make a statement.

Precise information about the Department's spending on diversity training is not held as the costs of training are recorded in aggregate.

No specific training programmes on diversity were held in 2006, although as part of its single equality scheme, published in December 2006, the Department is developing plans to deliver further equality training to staff during 2007.