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Gross training expenditure per employee (646) Metric type
- Description
- GTE per employee is calculated by taking the gross training expenditure in a financial year for employees (n) and dividing by the average total headcount of employees (N) over that financial year. Expenditure to be included in GTE is all the budgetary provision available for all training related expenditure. This will include; fees paid to external providers, revenue and overheads costs of 'in-house' training facilities, fees paid for external training facilities/venues etc. training subscriptions and levies, e-learning provision, other direct training related expenditure (including the cost of providing cover for staff attending training). It does not include the cost of wages or salaries for employees whilst undergoing training.
- Help text
- Rationale:
This indicator is collected through the Local Government Workforce Survey. The question is: 'For the current financial year what were the gross levels of expenditure of your authority to provide training for your employees?'
Definition:
GTE per employee is calculated by taking the gross training expenditure in a financial year for employees (n) and dividing by the average total headcount of employees (N) over that financial year.
Expenditure to be included in GTE is all the budgetary provision available for all training related expenditure. This will include; fees paid to external providers, revenue and overheads costs of 'in-house' training facilities, fees paid for external training facilities/venues etc. training subscriptions and levies, e-learning provision, other direct training related expenditure (including the cost of providing cover for staff attending training). It does not include the cost of wages or salaries for employees whilst undergoing training.
Further detail:
This annual survey is conducted by LGA Research and Information. The survey is sent to all heads of human resources in England between June and September. Please note the response rate of this survey varies from year to year, and further information can be found at http://new.lga.gov.uk/lga/core/page.do?pageId=1254939
Additionally, not all authorities consent to share their data in LG Inform. Employees covered by the questionnaire include all directly employed staff (including school based support staff) and excludes teachers and all staff in fire services.
- Modified
- 16 Dec 2020
- Data last updated
- 20 Sep 2023
- Short label
- Gross training £ per employee
- Status
- Live
- Output precision
- 0
- Polarity
- not applicable
- Measure
- Pounds (£'s) per employee
- Dataset
- Gross training expenditure per employee
- Collection
- Workforce Survey
- Source
- Local Government Association
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