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date	09/10/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Government Departments: Scots Gaelic Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reasons the Government does not respond to correspondence written in Scottish Gaelic with a reply in Scottish Gaelic.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	10755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government recognises and supports the cultural and historical significance of all languages spoken within the United Kingdom, and as a demonstration of its support for Scottish Gaelic, is providing the broadcaster MG ALBA with funding of £1 million in the previous and current financial years.</p><p>Given the current low levels of demand for such a service, providing official responses to correspondence in Scottish Gaelic would represent a disproportionate cost. Therefore, we have no plans to introduce a Gaelic language policy for written correspondence.</p> answering member constituency West Dorset answering member printed Mr Oliver Letwin question first answered 20/10/2015 13:39:17 answering member 247 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Letwin
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

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registered interest
date	09/10/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Deportation: Yemen
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department considers it safe to deport failed asylum seekers to Yemen.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	10754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>Each case is considered on its own merits. Where a person qualifies for asylum or humanitarian protection we will grant it. Where we and the courts conclude that a person does not qualify, they are expected to leave the UK.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 22/10/2015 16:21:26 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss